Thundering cannon fire

Is roaring through the air

Fighting courageous

Driven by despair

Deadly muzzle flash

Robs them of their pride

Grapuels claw the rail

Vessels side by side

Slavery, the pain of the sea

Slavery, inhumanity

Brutes are taking over

To claim their living spoils

Cracking musketfire

Until every plank is soiled

Surrender's the only way

To stop this deadly raid

Bloody, fettered wrists

Slavery's their fate

Slavery, the pain of the sea

Slavery, inhumanity

Slavery, the pain of the sea

Slavery, inhumanity

Slave trade still exists

It's a legacy of the past

Punishment's long overdue

To fight the scars it casts

Hard-boiled criminals

They are rotten to the core

Machinery in motion

So long as money is the law

Slavery, the pain of the sea

Slavery, inhumanity

Slavery, the pain of the sea

Slavery, inhumanity

Slavery, the pain of the sea

Slavery, inhumanity