Who'll pay reparations on my soul?
Many suggestions
And documents written
Many directions
For the end that was given
They gave us
Pieces of silver and pieces of gold
Tell me,
Who'll pay reparations on my soul?
Many fine speeches (oh yeah)
From the White House desk (uh huh)
Written on the cue cards
That were never really there
Yes, but the heat and the summer were there
And the freezing winter's cold.
Tell me,
Who'll pay reparations on my soul?
Who'll pay reparations?
This is a rhetorical indictment on the empty rhetoric of the politicians, symbolized by the White House desk and the speeches given there. 
 The seasons, symbolizing the circumstances of people’s lives, are experienced by people in their real lives however.
Wholl Pay Reparations on My Soul?