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《Woman Of The Ghetto》歌词


歌曲: Woman Of The Ghetto

所属专辑:Verve Unmixed: The First Ladies

歌手: Marlena Shaw

时长: 06:04

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Woman Of The Ghetto

Woman Of The Ghetto - Marlena Shaw[00:06:04]

(ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging...)[00:06:04]

(la-la-la-la-la-la-la, ...)[00:06:04]

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I was born, raised in a ghetto[00:06:04]

I was born and raised in a ghetto[00:06:04]

I'm a woman, of the ghetto[00:06:04]

Won't you listen, won't you listen to me, legislator?[00:06:04]

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(ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging...)[00:06:04]

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How do you raise your kids in a ghetto?[00:06:04]

How do you raise your kids in a ghetto?[00:06:04]

Do you feed one child and starve another?[00:06:04]

Won't you tell me, legislator?[00:06:04]

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Enthralled through[00:06:04]

I know that my eyes ain't blue[00:06:04]

But you see I'm a woman[00:06:04]

Of the ghetto[00:06:04]

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I'm proud, free,[00:06:04]

Black, that is me[00:06:04]

But I'm a woman of the ghetto[00:06:04]

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(ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging...)[00:06:04]

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How does your heart feel late at night?[00:06:04]

How does your heart feel late at night?[00:06:04]

Does it beat with shame, or does it beat with pride?[00:06:04]

Won't you tell me, legislator?[00:06:04]

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(na-na-na-na-na-na-na, ...)[00:06:04]

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Puts me in the mind of,[00:06:04]

come and cross the water in a boat[00:06:04]

Chained, tied, together[00:06:04]

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They said, "no, no, they're really not man, and women,[00:06:04]

just chain 'em up, tie 'em up, chain 'em up, tie 'em up,[00:06:04]

chain 'em up, tie 'em up, work, work, work"[00:06:04]

There's where the movement came from[00:06:04]

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Say no, no...[00:06:04]

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My children learned just the same as yours[00:06:04]

As long as nobody tries to close the door[00:06:04]

They cry with pain when the knife cuts deep[00:06:04]

They even close their eyes when they wanna sleep[00:06:04]

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Now peace, you say[00:06:04]

is all that you ask[00:06:04]

But self-respect is a separate task[00:06:04]

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You may be sitting up there[00:06:04]

in your ivory tower[00:06:04]

60 stories tall[00:06:04]

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I know that you may have checked out at least one ghetto[00:06:04]

But I wonder have you lived there at all?[00:06:04]

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Places like Watts,[00:06:04]

ah, Holland, tell me[00:06:04]

Chicago, ah tell me[00:06:04]

Washington got some too[00:06:04]

I have been up on the mountains, I[00:06:04]

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And I'm free at last[00:06:04]

I say I'm free at last[00:06:04]

I've seen the children dying[00:06:04]

And I've been one of the mothers who was crying[00:06:04]

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(ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging...)[00:06:04]

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I am a woman[00:06:04]

I am a woman[00:06:04]

I am a woman, yes I[00:06:04]

I said that I am,[00:06:04]

I mean that I am,[00:06:04]

I'm the woman, I'm the woman, I'm the woman of the ghetto[00:06:04]

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Strong, true,[00:06:04]

A woman[00:06:04]

A woman[00:06:04]

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You can walk through the streets of the ghetto at night[00:06:04]

Whole lotta pretty, some ugly sites[00:06:04]

Along comes the sleek limousine[00:06:04]

Say "hey baby I got ten...[00:06:04]

Look at me, I'm clean"[00:06:04]

So she takes a little dope[00:06:04]

What the hell everybody got to go[00:06:04]

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I got a baby[00:06:04]

I got a baby[00:06:04]

I got a baby i want to feed and I'm not really giving it all[00:06:04]

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up, just a little ten-cent piece or two[00:06:04]

Ah, the black woman...[00:06:04]

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But I ain't gonna raise your babies no more[00:06:04]

I got a few on my own,[00:06:04]

I wanna keep strolling,[00:06:04]

I say I am a woman[00:06:04]

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gi-gi-gi-gi-ging, I am[00:06:04]

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I[00:06:04]

I am[00:06:04]

I am[00:06:04]

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Remember me[00:06:04]

I'm the one who had your babies, I[00:06:04]

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gi-gi-gi-gi-ging, I am[00:06:04]

I am[00:06:04]

I am a woman[00:06:04]

Of the ghetto[00:06:04]

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Woman,[00:06:04]

I'm a woman, yeah yeah yeah[00:06:04]

Just a woman...[00:06:04]