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Shontelle - Ghetto Lullabye |
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Hush little shorty don't you cry |
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I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby |
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When things get rough, let me dry your eyes |
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Give you the strength, hold your head up high |
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When this cold world never do you right |
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I'll hold you down through the darkest nights |
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So ease your head, let me ease your mind |
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I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby |
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Where shall I begin |
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To teach you what could take a lifetime to learn |
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No lies will be told, |
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with each day the truth will unfold |
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Picture if you can, |
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a mountain so high that you can't see the top |
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An ocean so wide, |
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you can see where it meets the sky |
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Well that's how far you're gonna have to go |
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Hold on tight shorty don't let go |
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Those rain will fall and those winds will blow |
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Out in those streets it can be so cold |
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Hush little shorty don't you cry |
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I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby |
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When things get rough, let me dry your eyes |
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Give you the strength, hold your head up high |
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When this cold world never do you right |
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I'll hold you down through the darkest nights |
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So ease your head, let me ease your mind |
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I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby |
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I'm looking at you, |
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A picture of innocence framed within trust |
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Each river you cross, |
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filled with the unknown not so treasureous |
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All envy and greed, |
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Will rip you apart and leave you to bleed |
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An incessantly cut you up with no trace of mercy |
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No backstabbers and informers |
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Hate's a disease so let me warn ya |
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Sharks in the ocean will raise their teeth |
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Lets all run fast when you see |
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Hush little shorty don't you cry |
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I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby |
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When things get rough, let me dry your eyes |
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Give you the strength, hold your head up high |
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When this cold world never do you right |
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I'll hold you down through the darkest nights |
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So ease your head, let me ease your mind |
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I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby |
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Ooooohhh |
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Dry your eyes don't you cry |
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Not tonight |
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If you just try you will find your sunrise |
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Hush little shorty don't you cry |
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I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby |
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When things get rough, let me dry your eyes |
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Give you the strength, hold your head up high |
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When this cold world never do you right |
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I'll hold you down through the darkest nights |
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So ease your head, let me ease your mind |
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I'll sing you a ghetto lullaby |