Key: Ab major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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We gotta take our time
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Hey mamma
soul mamma soul papa
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Hey soul body soul body soul body
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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey yah gonna take my time
Gettin' this one together
Gotta go home now
Gotta go home yea
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You know about the holy roller church?
Ain't that were it started?
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Ha Ha I know
We've outgrown it now
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And I cry that I think that I can't do
I like fine clothes
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But I know where my roots are
You hear me
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Verse 2
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"Mamma I don't understand
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Say hey hey
Cool down now, hey hey
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Verse 3
Obeah woman
an Obeah woman is?
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To get to Satan you
gotta pass through me
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name by name
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I can eat thunder and drink the rain
Been through enough
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There ain't nothing that I can't do
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If I choose to, if you let me
Verse 4
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I can eat thunder and drink the rain
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You hear me?
Just waiting for my time
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Obeah Obeah now
from beneath the sea
To get to Satan baby
you gotta pass through me
I know the angels name by name
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
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How you think I lasted this long?
Alright, alright
I kiss the moon and hug the sun
O yeah oh well oh well
You people from the islands
Know about the Obeah woman
I didn't put the name on myself
And I don't like it
Sometimes,
but the weight is too heavy
The weight is too heavy
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Let' finish it
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