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Lord I've really been real stressed |
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Down and out, losin ground |
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Although I am black and proud |
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Problems got me pessimistic |
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Brothers and sisters keep messin up |
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Why does it have to be so damn tuff? |
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I don't know where I can go |
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To let these ghosts out of my skull |
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My grandmas past, my brothers gone |
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I never at once felt so alone |
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I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel |
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Not just my spare tire (home) |
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But lord I ask you (home) |
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To be my guiding force and truth (home) |
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For some strange reason it had to be (home) |
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He guided me to Tennessee (home) |
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(Chorus) Take me to another place |
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Take me to another land |
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Make me forget all that hurts me |
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Let me understand your plan |
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Lord it's obvious we got a relationship |
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Talkin to each other every night and day |
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Although you're superior over me |
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We talk to each other in a friendship way |
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Then outta nowhere you tell me to break |
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Outta the country and into more country |
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Past Dyesburg into Ripley |
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Where the ghost of childhood haunts me |
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Walk the roads my forefathers walked |
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Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from |
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Ask those trees for all their wisdom |
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They tell me my ears are so young (home) |
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Go back to from whence you came (home) |
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My family tree my family name (home) |
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For some strange reason it had to be (home) |
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He guided me to Tennessee (home) |
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Now I see the importance of history |
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Why people be in the mess that they be |
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Many journeys to freedom made in vain |
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By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games |
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I ask you lord why you enlightened me |
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Without the enlightment of all my folks |
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He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth |
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And he was there to quench my thirst |
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But I am still thirsty... |
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The lord allowed me to drink some more |
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He said what I am searchin for are |
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The answers to all which are in front of me |
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The ultimate truth started to get blurry |
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For some strange reason it had to be |
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It was all a dream about Tennessee |
