所属专辑:Bravebird
歌手: Amel Larrieux
时长: 03:41
Giving Something Up - Amel Larrieux[00:00:01]
'76 when a man[00:00:13]
Told his wife 'baby doll sorry i can't stay'[00:00:14]
Left with 5 kids she was forced to become[00:00:18]
Superwoman and go earn some pay[00:00:20]
A college-educated girl[00:00:22]
Washing dishes in a man's world[00:00:25]
Now what good is a degree[00:00:27]
When you've got mouths to feed[00:00:30]
She is that girl maybe you know her[00:00:32]
Maybe you've been maybe you are today[00:00:35]
Insert your year where the year is[00:00:37]
If to this story you can relate[00:00:39]
Giving something up[00:00:42]
We're always giving something up[00:00:43]
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We're always giving something[00:00:58]
We're always giving something up[00:00:59]
'97 a mother has no choice[00:01:02]
But to go find work and leave her kids alone[00:01:04]
Far from heaven so she's gone[00:01:06]
5 days out the week to bring a piece home[00:01:08]
Her man is off somewhere up some dress[00:01:12]
Bringing her back some other woman's sickness[00:01:13]
Her baby girl is crying 'Mama please[00:01:16]
When you're gone the neighbor's chasing me'[00:01:19]
Around the world from Pakistan[00:01:22]
Down to Soweto back to New York City[00:01:24]
Insert your year where the year is[00:01:26]
If to this story you can relate[00:01:29]
Giving something up[00:01:31]
We're always giving something up[00:01:33]
We are giving somethin up[00:01:35]
We're always giving something up[00:01:38]
We are giving something up[00:01:39]
We're always giving something up[00:01:43]
We are giving something up[00:01:45]
We're always giving something[00:01:47]
We're always giving something up[00:01:48]
Giving trying self-relying[00:01:51]
Feeling teaching always preaching[00:01:53]
Dreaming losing being abused and[00:01:56]
Dying crying sacrificing[00:01:58]
Hurting being told we're worthless[00:02:01]
Birthing buried alive in the earth and[00:02:03]
Hoping mending spirits broken[00:02:05]
Flying and somehow surviving[00:02:08]
Giving something up[00:02:20]
We're always giving something up[00:02:22]
We are giving somethin up[00:02:24]
We're always giving something up[00:02:27]
We are giving something up[00:02:29]
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We're always giving something[00:02:37]
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We are giving somethin up[00:02:44]
We're always giving something up[00:02:46]
We are giving something up[00:02:48]
We're always giving something up[00:02:51]
We are giving something up[00:02:54]
We're always giving something[00:02:56]
We're always giving something up[00:02:59]
Giving something up[00:03:04]
We're always giving something up[00:03:06]
We are giving somethin up[00:03:09]
We're always giving something up[00:03:11]
We are giving something up[00:03:13]
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We are giving something up[00:03:24]
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We're always giving something up[00:03:36]