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Everybody Gets Used
06:07
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V1:
early in the morning
very soon
look for me child
in the blooms
hooks in me now
i'm your fool
hooks in me now
everybody gets used.
V2:
call me crazy
call me what you like
call me lady
call me up tonight
hooks in me now
i'm your fool
hooks in me, child
everybody gets used.
everybody get used.
V3:
like my mama said
down at the canebreak
found my papa dead
all the planets align
all in time
strung like pearls
'cross the divine
hooks in me, child.
i'm your fool.
hooks in me now,
everybody gets used(4x)
a chorus of color.
i called to you,
all the names of
God at once.
i called to you,
all the names of God.
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2. |
Holy(For Sharon)
04:35
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and i don't need
all of your affection,
but i could feel
just a little more connection
and i'll be still right
here where you left me
oh, i agree
Lord, what a blessing
Ch:
this thing is holy, holy, holy, holy.
i am yours.
V2:
now, i could kneel
my love/Lord if you let me
hear my appeal
convict my affections
pour your heart into
your hands
anoint your head with another chance
and another
and another
and another…
Ch:
this thing is holy, holy, holy, holy.
i am yours.
this thing is holy
i'm yours, love
this is holy, holy, holy, holy
i'm yours.
rise on, love.
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3. |
Peace Fasho
03:09
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when the love goes
and ceases to hold
all the usual weights
and doubts
when the love goes
when the love whooooo
when it goes bad haram,
i know,
there'll be peace fasho. (3x)
when the love comes down
when the love calms down
when the goes down
i'll win
and there'll
be peace fasho
there'll be peace fasho.
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4. |
As Above, So Below
05:56
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Ch:
now, i know enough to know
that i know
that i never knew enough
and you can never get to old
to grow inside and do some
growing up.
what if i understand
that all that i am
is all that i will ever be?
does that mean that
i've settled for less, isn't there
a God in me?
V1
started out on the road often traveled.
i was a sheep.
i was alseep.
until i bumped into myself somewhere
out there with the freaks.
some nights i wondered,
was it ever really me?
was it ever?
Ch:
now, i know enough to know
that i know
i never knew enough
and you can never get to old
to grow inside and do some
growing up.
what if i understand
that all that i am
is all that i will ever be?
does that mean that
i've settled for less, isn't there
a God in me?
V2
rain, Lord!
rain, Lord!
rain, Lord!
deliver, deliver me.
rain, Lord!
rain, Lord!
rain, Lord!
rain down.
deliver, deliver me.
Vamp:
if i understand
that all that i am
is all that i will ever be?
does that mean that
i've settled for less, isn't there
a God in me?
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was it too much
to let me know
that i was too much
for you to hold?
where you afraid
to let the glow take over
your life?
oh, where you afraid
to let the glow take over your life?
you're out here living alone
there ain't
no reason why
you're out here on you own
there ain't no reason why.
were you afraid of?(3x)
was it too much to let me know
that i am out here living alone
there ain't reason why
i'm out here on my own
there ain't no reason why
i'll make way by way back home
and get on with my life.
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6. |
Seen It, Say It
04:51
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only a fool lives without regret
and all the faces in my head
the broken hearts
the tender parts that bled
the broken hearts
the tender parts that bled
it's on my hands
it's on my hands
it's all around me
and it's behind me.
and i know why the caged bird
listens to Charlie Parker
to heal the heart
the tender parts that bled
to heal the heart
the tender parts that bled.
i'm sorry.
i'm sorry.
i know you heard those words before
i won't be coming around no more
i'm sure.
i know you heard those words before
i won't be coming around no more
i'm sure of it.
i'm sure.
i'm sure.
i know you heard those words before
i won't be coming around no more
i'm sure of it.
no more,
no more,
whooo.
no more
no more
no more.
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7. |
O Caminho
04:50
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on the road
to find my fate
i took the long way.
i took all the aches.
but, in my blood
but, in my heart
i was shored up
from the start.
some people wish for
cities of gold.
some people wish
fortunes untold.
but, in my mind
i wish for a peace.
but, in my mind,
i wish for a peace.
on the road
to find my fate
i took the long way.
i took all the aches.
but, in my heart
and in my mind
i knew well that
i'd be just fine.
some people wish for
cities of gold.
some people wish
for their names
to be known
but, in my mind
i wish for a peace.
but, in my mind,
i wish for a peace.
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8. |
Thas Me
03:50
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i walk the streets of this city alone
jus me
no comrade,
family or home
jus me
nine mile from the Heights
to Southwest, where i'll be.
and i walk the halls of
this house alone,
jus me.
ha ha
ha ha
ha ha
ha ha
Mercy.
i walk the streets of this city alone
jus me
no comrade, no family,
no home
jus me
nine miles to Southwest
from the hills
where i'll be
oh, who coulda known
it was so long
down University
and i walk the halls of
this house alone
jus me.
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9. |
Tell My Mama I'm Back
04:26
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in the regions of the throne
in the realms of the Enchantment
i chanced it and grasped at
that everlasting magic.
and i wondered could it save me
from temptation and the static
from this wicked algorithm
from these brujas and their lances.
perchance it's been ordered
by fate, an open portal
but, i am no mortal
and i shape the order
the brick and mortar(thas me)
the love child that grew wild
from bliss and disorder
and the nights i walked the city
all the mornings i cursed returning
tell Mama i'm back.
tell my Mama i'm back
tell Mama i'm back
tell my Mama i'm back
all the nights i walked this city
all the mornings i cursed returning
all the nights i walked this city
all the mornings i wished i'd died.
tell my Mama i'm back
tell my Mama i'm back
tell Mama i'm back
tell my Mama i'm back.
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10. |
But, You Can Kiss Me
06:48
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are you leaving tonight?
are you leaving tonight?
i don't remember
you being so ripe.
aren't we members?
your being's
so bright.
did you miss me
when i was gone
did you miss me
when i was gone
please forgive me
cuz i was wrong
you can hear me
in the funk
smoke one with me
if you want
smoke one with me
if you want
and you can kiss me
if you want.
and you can kiss me
if you want
and you can kiss me
if you want
oh, it's so hard
oh, i know it's so hard..
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Joshua Asante Nashville, Tennessee
Black as onyx.
Black as mama.
Black as space.
Black Bahia.
Black and southern.
Black as loving.
Black as nothing.
Black and something.
but, i am something more.
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