You have Forgotten us,
For we are tired, hungry, bent, and broken.
For our master treats us like animals,
You have Forgotten us you have Forgotten us.
Picking cotton every day,
With an empty stomach oo hhhhhh.
On an empty stomach oohhhhhhh,
You have forgotten us,
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
You have Forgotten us.
When we hear the whip come up oh ohohaaa,
It's just as good to bow down.
For the strokes cut and burn so quickly,
And the marks on our backs bear witness.
That the human race should not do such things,
That the human race should not do such things.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,
You have Forgotten us.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,
You have Forgotten us.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
On an empty stomach.
When we drag the chain across the field,
And find how life ebbs away.
Then we need to toughen up our minds and hope.
That our prayers will be heard,
That our prayers will be heard,
That our prayers will be heard.
That the human race should not do such things,
That the human race should not do such things.
Oooooooooooooo,
You have Forgotten us.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu,
You have Forgotten us,
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
On an empty stomach.
That our prayers will be heard,
That our prayers will be heard,
That the human race should not do such things,
That the human race should not do such things.