Momma died
I was denied
Of the love that a child needs
An' I was born
In the town by the city
Where the pain and the hate breeds

But I learned to love myself
And now I will
Cause there's no time
No time to kill
Now love does my will

Like a black man
Trapped like a slave
King cotton grows as high as the sky
An' the master says
Fill my bag
And it must be a mile wide

But I learned to love you good
And now I will
Cause there's no time
No time to kill
Now love does my will

Later days I changed my ways
And in the end I won
A victory unto myself
Where before well I had none

And I learned to love you good
And now I will
Cause there's no time
No time to kill
Now love does my will