Could you ever understand?
We have lived a painful history,
We know the shameful past,
But I keep on marching forward,
And you keep on coming last.
Equality, and I will be free.
Equality, and I will be free.
Take the blinders from your vision,
Take the padding from your ears,
And confess you've heard me crying,
And admit you've seen my tears.
Hear the tempo so compelling,
Hear the blood throb through my veins.
Yes, my drums are beating nightly,
And the rhythms never change.
Equality, and I will be free.
The speaker want the person to know that they feel very strongly about this subject, as the feeling for justice goes through their veins, as the subject is close to their heart. 

Equality