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I was the daughter |
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Of a little known king |
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When they came |
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And put me in a castle |
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My eyes had never seen |
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They spoke in tongues |
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I've never heard |
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They took me to the sea |
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At the edge of the earth |
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I journied tempest waters |
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Reached these distant shores |
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My clothes are tattered |
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And my soul is worn |
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I bore a daughter |
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In captivity |
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They came late one night |
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To take her away from me |
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I cried and I cried |
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Oh, Lord have mercy on me |
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Can't they see |
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That little girl |
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Is royalty |
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I held my ground |
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And took my stand |
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Can't help |
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Feeling sometimes |
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That I'm a stranger |
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In this land |
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In this land of mine |
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My mother used |
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To cook and clean |
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For the rich folks |
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On the hill |
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Made sure |
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I got an education |
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And could hardly |
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Pay the bills |
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I studied |
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Schools of thought |
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And philosophies of man |
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Started questioning |
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The contradictions |
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In this land |
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I left the classroom |
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Joined the rallies |
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In the street |
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Marching hand in hand |
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In the Mississippi heat |
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I spent so many years |
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Of my life on the move |
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That confrontation |
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Was the only thing i knew |
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Talking unity and how |
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We gone push on through |
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Can't even say no more |
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If anything's improved |
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I'm a family man |
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With a wife |
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And two kids to feed |
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I dedicated my life |
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To seeing we succeed |
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The way I sought to make it |
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I learned to follow the rules |
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So we can make sure |
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Our children visit |
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The finest schools |
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Grandmas on the weekends |
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Going on about the good old days |
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When decent black folks |
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Be trying to make a change |
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My parents used to tell me |
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To live my life steadfast |
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But some may ask me |
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What it is that I have |
