Woman Of The Ghetto
Marlena Shaw« Woman Of The Ghetto » est une chanson de Marlena Shaw, 1969, Pop. La chanson dure 5:42, 91 lines / 513 words.
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0:09La-la-la-la-la-la-la
0:19I was born raised in a ghetto
0:24I was born and raised in a ghetto
0:29I'm a woman of the ghetto
0:31Won't you listen won't you listen to me legislator
0:41Ging gi-gi-gi-gi-ging
0:43How do you raise your kids in a ghetto
0:48How do you raise your kids in a ghetto
0:52Do you feed one child and starve another
0:57Won't you tell me legislator
1:03Enthralled through
1:05I know that my eyes ain't blue
1:07But you see I'm a woman
1:09Of the ghetto
1:12I'm proud free
1:14Black that is me
1:17But I'm a woman of the ghetto
1:21Ging gi-gi-gi-gi-ging
1:22How does your heart feel late at night
1:27How does your heart feel late at night
1:31Does it beat with shame or does it beat with pride
1:36Won't you tell me legislator
1:40Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
1:40Puts me in the mind of
1:45Come and cross the water in a boat
1:55Chained tied together
1:56They said no no they're really not man and women
2:00Just chain 'em up tie 'em up chain 'em up tie 'em up
2:04Chain 'em up tie 'em up work work work
2:07There's where the movement came from
2:08Say no no
2:14My children learned just the same as yours
2:18As long as nobody tries to close the door
2:23They cry with pain when the knife cuts deep
2:28They even close their eyes when they wanna sleep
2:32Now peace you say
2:37Is all that you ask
2:39But self-respect is a separate task
2:42You may be sitting up there
2:45In your ivory tower
2:4760 stories tall
2:48I know that you may have checked out at least one ghetto
2:53But I wonder have you lived there at all
3:02Places like Watts
3:03Ah Holland tell me
3:06Chicago ah tell me
3:09Washington got some too
3:10I have been up on the mountains I
3:15And I'm free at last
3:16I say I'm free at last
3:25I've seen the children dying
3:28And I've been one of the mothers who was crying
3:38Ging gi-gi-gi-gi-ging
3:39I am a woman
3:42I am a woman
3:50I am a woman yes I
3:54I said that I am
3:59I mean that I am
4:03I'm the woman I'm the woman I'm the woman of the ghetto
4:11Strong true
4:12A woman
4:14A woman
4:14You can walk through the streets of the ghetto at night
4:20Whole lotta pretty some ugly sites
4:23Along comes the sleek limousine
4:30Say hey baby I got ten
4:32Look at me I'm clean
4:34So she takes a little d**e
4:37What the hell everybody got to go
4:40I got a baby
4:42I got a baby
4:47I got a baby I want to feed and I'm not really giving it all
4:59Up just a little ten-cent piece or two
5:02Ah the black woman
5:05But I ain't gonna raise your babies no more
5:11I got a few on my own
5:16I wanna keep strolling
5:19I say I am a woman
5:21Gi-gi-gi-gi-ging I am
5:24I
5:24I am
5:28I am
5:28Remember me
5:29I'm the one who had your babies I
5:33Gi-gi-gi-gi-ging I am
5:34I am
5:35I am a woman
5:38Of the ghetto
5:39Woman
5:39I'm a woman yeah yeah yeah
5:42Just a woman
La-la-la-la-la-la-la I was born raised in a ghetto I was born and raised in a ghetto I'm a woman of the ghetto Won't you listen won't 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 Won't you tell me legislator Enthralled through I know that my eyes ain't blue But you see I'm a woman Of the ghetto I'm proud free Black that is me But I'm 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 Won't 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 they're 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 There's 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 I'm free at last I say I'm free at last I've seen the children dying And I've 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 I'm the woman I'm the woman I'm 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 I'm clean So she takes a little d**e What the hell everybody got to go I got a baby I got a baby I got a baby I want to feed and I'm not really giving it all Up just a little ten-cent piece or two Ah the black woman But I ain't 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 I'm the one who had your babies I Gi-gi-gi-gi-ging I am I am I am a woman Of the ghetto Woman I'm a woman yeah yeah yeah Just a woman
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