Rasta Rita - Checkpoint Charlie's Ghost Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Concrete walls and barbed wire high
Daddy crossed that line at night
Papers stamped with fear and lies
Just tryin' to make it through alive
Economic refugee, that's my family tree
Now I'm watching history repeat endlessly

[Chorus]
They draw their lines to keep us apart
But borders can't divide the human heart
No walls can hold back what we feel
When love and justice get too real
Jah knows the truth, yeah
Babylon can't stop this youth, yeah

[Verse 2]
Train whistles echo through the night
Same sounds that gave my father fright
Different faces, same old fight
Running from the sirens' light
Who decides which side we're on?
Which passport makes us right or wrong?
Sister at the checkpoint, trembling hands
Just trying to reach some peaceful lands

[Bridge]
Unity is what we need
Break down walls of hate and greed
No more East, no more West
Just one love put to the test

[Verse 3]
Late night talks with burning sage
Stories of a divided age
Every station, every gate
Reminds me of the ones who wait
Suitcase packed with broken dreams
Nothing's ever what it seems
But we keep moving, keep the faith
While Babylon seals our fate

[Chorus]
They draw their lines to keep us apart
But borders can't divide the human heart
No walls can hold back what we feel
When love and justice get too real
Jah knows the truth, yeah
Babylon can't stop this youth, yeah

[Outro]
Rise up sisters, break these chains
Cross these lines, heal these pains
One world, one love, one destiny
Till all our people finally free
Watch these walls come tumbling down
When consciousness begins to crown
Jah guide us through this babylon
Till artificial lines are gone