THATS WHERE THE MOVEMENT CAME FROM..... Social consciousness is important to us all, White, Black, Red, Yellow, Brown............ OUR VOICES MATTER............. Woman Of The Ghetto (ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging...) (la-la-la-la-la-la-la, ...) I was born, raised in a ghetto I was born and raised in a ghetto Im a woman, of the ghetto Wont you listen, wont you listen to me, legislator? (ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging...) How do you raise your kids in a ghetto? How do you raise your kids in a ghetto? Do you feed one child and starve another? Wont you tell me, legislator? Enthralled through I know that my eyes aint blue But you see Im a woman Of the ghetto Im proud, free, Black, that is me But Im a woman of the ghetto (ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging...) How does your heart feel late at night? How does your heart feel late at night? Does it beat with shame, or does it beat with pride? Wont you tell me, legislator? (na-na-na-na-na-na-na, ...) Puts me in the mind of, come and cross the water in a boat Chained, tied, together They said, no, no, theyre really not man, and women, just chain em up, tie em up, chain em up, tie em up, chain em up, tie em up, work, work, work Theres where the movement came from Say no, no... My children learned just the same as yours As long as nobody tries to close the door They cry with pain when the knife cuts deep They even close their eyes when they wanna sleep Now peace, you say is all that you ask But self-respect is a separate task You may be sitting up there in your ivory tower 60 stories tall I know that you may have checked out at least one ghetto But I wonder have you lived there at all? Places like Watts, ah, Holland, tell me Chicago, ah tell me Washington got some too I have been up on the mountains, I And Im free at last I say Im free at last Ive seen the children dying And Ive been one of the mothers who was crying (ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging...) I am a woman I am a woman I am a woman, yes I I said that I am, I mean that I am, Im the woman, Im the woman, Im the woman of the ghetto Strong, true, A woman A woman You can walk through the streets of the ghetto at night Whole lotta pretty, some ugly sites Along comes the sleek limousine Say hey baby I got ten... Look at me, Im clean So she takes a little dope What the hell everybody got to go I got a baby I got a baby I got a baby i want to feed and Im not really giving it all up, just a little ten-cent piece or two Ah, the black woman... But I aint gonna raise your babies no more I got a few on my own, I wanna keep strolling, I say I am a woman gi-gi-gi-gi-ging, I am I I am I am Remember me Im the one who had your babies, I gi-gi-gi-gi-ging, I am I am I am a woman Of the ghetto Woman, Im a woman, yeah yeah yeah Just a woman... Lire la suite: greatsong.net/PAROLES-MARLENA-SHAW,WOMAN-OF-THE-GHETTO,100726634.html youtu.be/7_BeN75XgfQ
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:00:01 +0000
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