[Verse 1] Grandma said hold on But the floor kept cracking We marched in the morning By noon, the dogs came barking New signs on the road Same chain on my ankle Same old courtrooms Same hand on the gavel [Pre-Chorus] We asked for a seat They gave us a guard We asked for a key They gave us a scar Still I hear that prayer From the front-porch band If freedom got buried We dig with our hands [Chorus] More chains, more chains But I still say amen More chains, more chains We rise again and again More chains, more chains Lord, keep my people plain We fought for change Instead we got more chains [Verse 2] Shop doors watch us Like we stole the dawn School books fold us Till the light is gone Boys on the corner Learn the hard laws first Dreams in the dryer With the work shirts [Pre-Chorus] Mama kept singing Through the breaker and smoke Said pain can be rented But hope is owned So I lift my face When the sirens wail If they built this prison We can move this jail [Chorus] More chains, more chains But I still say amen More chains, more chains We rise again and again More chains, more chains Lord, keep my people plain We fought for change Instead we got more chains [Bridge] I seen the blue lights Turn a child to stone I seen old men preach With a broken home But the river still runs And the seed still grows What they locked in the night Still blooms where it goes [Chorus] More chains, more chains But I still say amen More chains, more chains We rise again and again More chains, more chains Lord, keep my people plain We fought for change Instead we got more chains [Outro] Tell my son keep walking Even when it's rough Tell my daughter sing loud When the world acts tough More chains, more chains But grace remains We fought for change Still we break these chains
