Freedom

Freedom is my birthright 

Soar like an eagle 

be free like a bird 

it is your right

for freedom must you fight.

When your country was in chains,

She bore innumerable pains.

On others hand were her reins.

Forget not the martyrs,

neither the brutal whips they endured,

nor their tears, 

for their dears

that gave you freedom. 

Hunger and poverty as reward was served,

The Golden bird was seared, torn, and jeered.

Then rose the countrymen 

Their lives were laid, and the price they paid.

Confined to jails, cells,

or took refuge in well. 

Bodies, severed with bullets 

fired from gun lets,

 a tragic tale. 

Then came a Wave, 

of Solidarity, Unity, and

 stand up for Dignity, 

that washed away enmity.

Victory was ours 

And Freedom at last 

from East to West,

North to South, 

Our Tricolor furled

telling the world,

We are free,

We shall soar high 

like Eagle in the sky.