Key: D minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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darker than a child's deepest sleep
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And into his mind she creeps
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In this world of lies and confusion
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clouded by illusions
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The pain of everyday life is hidden
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He searches to find peace within
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He finds love in the blackness of her
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skin
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
the ghetto
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Serenaded by the violence
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Project ar istocrats gather they realize
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That our hearts and mind
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looks into her eyes
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And see her blackness is fine
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The blackness of her skin the blackness of her
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Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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Straight from the womb
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Right smack dab in the middle of...
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Poverty insecurity no
one to save me
So that the child in her wom
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b can hear the tears
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That the black man cries
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Soon come on a wave of pos
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movin', movin',
Steppin'in my three- quarter shell- toes,
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Groovin'love to hear the brothers signify
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sisters with their head held high
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of seas of dark tranquility
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On the project train full speed on the project train heading for my
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