Let's Hear It for the Boy - Deniece Williams

We are part of something special We are part of something special We're a part of something special It's a crack in time A wrinkle Fallen from the nest, young eagle I will pull my feathers out Stay humble Stay humble Stay humble Stay humble Stay humble Uncle Mana taught us like an elder Took asunder older brother He said This is powerful country This is powerful country We felt like we were returning To our land rebels And the shepherds in the sea Takers are taking what the leavers will leave So grieve me the black prince cicada Such a loud voice for a tiny creature Teach me to let go of all of my pain I do forgive, I don't forget these things I do forgive, I don't forget these things We burn the bluegum for a safe passageway Drink of the earth Smoke of the dirt And my warpaint was red ochre clay Hoka hey Red ochre clay Hoka hey Red ochre clay Our prayers igniting, cast out into the shire And the song of our struggle Came straight from the fire, It goes: Holy holy grandmother, we sing Wash us clean of our pain and suffering Give us strength for our new beginnings From my deepest grace I sing Wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up Wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up Wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up Wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up Ooh lift 'em up Ooh lift 'em up In my dreams a whirling aboriginal man Gave me your hat And your past in one hand He said, You've come to be with rainbow serpent Red hands red land red worship Red hands red land red worship Just then I heard bush mama crying in the chasms For the stolen generation And the children who haven't Come home Come home stay home Come home Come home stay home My bullets are my words And my words are my weapons So chain me to the pipeline For our rivers and mountains we sing Today's a good day for my ego to die Today's a good day for my ego to die Spirit live on in my heart, in my body, my mind Then sister crow came with the murder that day So he tattoed the bird nation onto our faces She said we sing to let go of all of our pain We dance the story To Remember when things Changed Remember when things Changed Remember when things Changed Holy holy grandmother, we sing Wash us clean of our pain and suffering Give us strength for our new beginnings From my deepest grace I sing Wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up It'll wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up It'll wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up It'll wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up Ooh lift 'em up Ooh lift 'em up Ooh lift 'em up Ooh lift 'em up Ooh lift 'em up Ooh lift 'em up We danced the ghost dance in two separate countries To this old song So familiar to memory The road will teach you how to love and let go It can be lonely but it's the only thing That we've ever known It can be lonely but it's the only thing That we've ever known Our mommas told us Let go of jealousy And for vagabonds and vagrants, that won't come so easy We've come from nothing Nothing We have come from nothing Nothing I traveled halfway across the country and back Only to find love undefined And I'm OK with that Cause I'm gonna be a guardian Be a man among men Be a guardian Be a man among men Or be a woman Among women Be a guardian Be my friend Ooh Be my friend Teach me to love you In a different way Same cuts Same guts Same crazy Same cuts Same guts Same crazy It'll wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up It'll wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up It'll wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up It'll wash away, it will wash away Lift 'em up

Never woulda hitchhiked to Birmingham If it hadn't been for love Never woulda caught the train to Louisian' If it hadn't been for love Never woulda run through the blindin' rain Without one dollar to my name If it hadn't been If it hadn't been for love Never woulda seen the trouble that I'm in If it hadn't been for love Woulda been gone like a wayward wind If it hadn't been for love Nobody knows it better than me I wouldn't be wishing I was free If it hadn't been If it hadn't been for love Four cold walls against my will At least I know she's lying still Four cold walls without parole Lord, have mercy on my soul Never woulda gone to that side of town If it hadn't been for love Never woulda took a mind to track her down If it hadn't been for love Never woulda loaded up a 44 Put myself behind a jailhouse door If it hadn't been If it hadn't been for love Four cold walls against my will At least I know she's lying still Four cold walls without parole Lord, have mercy on my soul Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham If it hadn't been for love Never woulda caught the train to Louisian' If it hadn't been for love Never woulda loaded up a 44 Put myself behind a jail house door If it hadn't been If it hadn't been for love If it hadn't been If it hadn't been for love If it hadn't been If it hadn't been for love

What it is hoe? What's up? Every good girl needs a little thug Every block boy needs a little love If he put it down, Imma pick it up, up, up Can't you see it's just me and you Panoramic view, that's my point of view babe All about me- that's the energy That's that lemon pepper thing I'm a ten-piece baby Bedroom bully in the bando He gonna make it flip Do it with no handles Never switching sides, Only switching angles Oooo we go crazy like Rambo What it is hoe? What's up? Every good girl needs a little thug Every block boy needs a little love If he put it down, Imma pick it up, up, up What it is hoe? What's up? Every good girl needs a little thug Every block boy needs a little love If he put it down, Imma pick it up, up, up Hit 'em up, Hit 'em up in a truck Got it tucked He get it up, like it's stuck All night, I like You ain't gotta say when you know it's onsite She got everything he wanted A nice body, ass fat Behind every gangster, a shawty solid that got his back He know who to come to every time the world handle him bad The one he call first, but still he always put her last I'm pouring out the glass, My body fighting off that gas On smokebox I kill 'em That zaza pack kicking my ass In studio dozing, All I can keep from falling asleep I hate that for you niggas Ain't got no bread, but trying to beef Being black in America is the hardest thing to be Every thug need a little love too, Baby how 'bout me? Told her don't call me a stink Cause I smell like money I'm putting down the greatest baby Hold this here for me I took her from a nigga We vibing two weeks out the country So she had a little situation, But I could tell it ain't 'bout nothing Now me and her rapping bitch She say don't hush me, I say don't rush me And I can tell how much she like a nigga by the way she suck it What it is What it is hoe? What's up? Every good girl needs a little thug Every block boy needs a little love If he put it down, Imma pick it up, up, up What it is hoe? What's up? Every good girl needs a little thug Every block boy needs a little love If he put it down, Imma pick it up, up, up I don't care if you run the streets As long as you're coming home to me I love the way you walk and the way you speak He gonna keep it real That's the deal That's the reason I speed down I put that all on my name Yea, that's an even exchange Stay on your tail We gonna tell 'em We gonna tell 'em What babe What it is hoe? What's up? Every good girl needs a little thug Every block boy needs a little love If he put it down, Imma pick it up, up, up What it is hoe? What's up? Every good girl needs a little thug Every block boy needs a little love If he put it down, Imma pick it up, up, up Back it up and do-do it like that, yea Back it up and do it like that, yea Back it up, back it and do it like that, yea Back it up, go on do it like that, yea Ay what it is? Ay what's up? J White did it More hits on the way yeah We need a little love You know what I mean? Ride out, woah

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