This song originally appeared in the "Minty" episode of the WGN hit TV Series,  "Underground" (4/12/17). Raphael Saadiq, the shows co-composer(with Laura Karpman)reached out to long time collaborator, Taura Stinson to write a song that echoed the cries of Harriet Tubman (AKA Araminta Ross)as a teaser for a epic monologue delivered by actress Aisha Hinds.

Gossypium Thorns

Verse 1
Freedom. Has it ever been free?
Freedom. Is it gonna cost me?
 
B-Section
I don’t have nothing left to give X4
Lead me to the water
To wash away the pain
Broken Sons and Daughters
Healing’s on the way
 
CHORUS
That’s the sound of the spirits in the wind
Blood spilled in the river of our innocence
But our roots are deeper than the HEL we’re in.
You can’t cage a spirit that is the wind.
Gossypium thorns on my fingers
Gossypium thorns on my heart.
 
VERSE 2
Freedom has a toll to pay
Freedom. Stolen chains for change.
REPEAT B-SECTION
 
VAMP
Time that stand been down too long, oh lord oh lord

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