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I want you to get together |
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Put your hands together one time |
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And help me pray for one sinner from the Ghetto |
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Oh Lord we call him Harold Jones |
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and he plays drums |
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Would you do it for me one time |
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Yeah they appreciate you Harold Jones |
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And playin' bass Lord |
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You know that he's a sinner |
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I saw his stash, oh Lord, Lord, Lord would you please |
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Put a blessin' on brother Ed Boyer |
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We appreciate ya too |
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(Hit that note again let me see if it's still right) |
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And oh Lord from the Ghetto |
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From a one hundred thousand dollar |
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house damned |
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Ghetto! |
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Lord you don't need to bless him no more |
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Please get together for Mr. George Gaftcy |
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I was born, raised in a Ghetto |
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I was born and raised in a Ghetto |
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I'm a woman of the Ghetto |
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Won't ya listen, won't ya listen, won't ya listen to me |
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Babe, just later |
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How do ya raise your kids in a Ghetto |
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How do ya raise your kids in a Ghetto |
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Do you feed one child and starve another |
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Won't you tell me legislator |
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I'm short, true |
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I know that my eyes ain't blue |
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But you see I'm a woman from the Ghetto |
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I'm brown, green, black that is me |
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Yeah I'm a woman of the Ghetto |
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How does your heart feel late at night |
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How does your heart feel late at night |
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Does it beat with shame |
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And does it beat with pride |
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And won't ya tell me, tell me leg is lator |
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Puts me in the mind of |
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Commin' cross the water |
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In a boar |
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Chained and tied, together |
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Except no, no they're really not men and women |
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Just chain 'em up, tie 'em up |
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Chain 'em up, tie 'em up |
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Chain 'em up, tie 'em up |
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Work! Work! Work! |
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That's where the movement came from |
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Said Lord, Lord |
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My children learn just the same as yours |
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As long as nobody tries to close the door |
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They cry with pain |
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When the night cuts in |
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They even close their eyes |
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When they wanna sleep |
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Got peace you say in all that you ask |
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But self respect is our temporary task |
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Your baby's standing up there in your Ivory Tower |
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16 stories stories tall |
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I know that you've checked out at least one Ghetto, but |
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I wonder have you lived there at all |
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Think you'll find no answer |
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Harlem tells me |
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Chicago tells me |
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Washington got some too |
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I have have been upon the mountain top |
