Better Way
India Arie"Better Way" is a song by India Arie, released in 2009 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:23 long and contains 70 lines and 392 words.
Lyrics
0:00Yeah yeah
0:10Let my people go
0:21Let my people go
0:23In the swamps of New Orleans
0:26The rain came pouring down
0:28So heavy was the water
0:32That the walls came crashing down
0:34Now I know a survivor
0:37But how the hell you justify
0:40Leaving a hundred thousand
0:41People in water that high
0:43Just struggling for their lives
0:45I know there's got to be a better way
0:51I know there's got to be a better way
0:57I know there's got to be a better way
1:02And we've gotta find it
1:04Stand up
1:04We've gotta find it
1:05Or fall down
1:06We've gotta find it
1:19Politicians are screaming
1:23They say we've got a reason for war
1:25So many people are dying
1:28And we ain't even sure what for
1:30Is it because he's a Muslim
1:33Tell me is it democracy or is it the oath
1:37It's on the news every day one paycheck away
1:40And the president's on the golf course
1:42I know there's got to be a better way
1:47I know there's got to be a better way
1:53I know there's got to be a better way
1:58And we've gotta find it
2:00You got to stand together
2:01We've gotta find it
2:02Or we could fall apart
2:03We've gotta find it
2:04We've gotta find it yeah
2:05Sweet buttered craw dad delta bread
2:07Hot pepper soul that's been sold out
2:11Lives that were taken before they found out
2:14What life was all about
2:16He's a genius with the lyrics
2:18Started young sipping syrup
2:19And it hurts me to my soul
2:22The way he drinks away the pain
2:24The world's going to lose him
2:25Another young superhero
2:27We've gotta find it
2:29We've gotta find it
2:30We've gotta find it
2:31We've gotta find it
2:33We've gotta find it
2:34We've gotta find it
2:35We've gotta find it
2:36We've gotta find it
2:40See the children on TV
2:44It's become a sign of the times
2:45Glorifying their bodies
2:49Something just don't feel right
2:51Still we keep pretending
2:54That boys and girls are men and women
2:57We watch it and we call it entertainment
2:59And everything is okay
3:00As long as somebody's getting paid
3:02I know there's got to be a better way
3:08I know there's got to be a better way
3:13Hey there's got to be a better way
3:19And we've gotta find it
3:21We've gotta find it
3:23We've gotta find it
Yeah yeah Let my people go Let my people go In the swamps of New Orleans The rain came pouring down So heavy was the water That the walls came crashing down Now I know a survivor But how the hell you justify Leaving a hundred thousand People in water that high Just struggling for their lives I know there's got to be a better way I know there's got to be a better way I know there's got to be a better way And we've gotta find it Stand up We've gotta find it Or fall down We've gotta find it Politicians are screaming They say we've got a reason for war So many people are dying And we ain't even sure what for Is it because he's a Muslim Tell me is it democracy or is it the oath It's on the news every day one paycheck away And the president's on the golf course I know there's got to be a better way I know there's got to be a better way I know there's got to be a better way And we've gotta find it You got to stand together We've gotta find it Or we could fall apart We've gotta find it We've gotta find it yeah Sweet buttered craw dad delta bread Hot pepper soul that's been sold out Lives that were taken before they found out What life was all about He's a genius with the lyrics Started young sipping syrup And it hurts me to my soul The way he drinks away the pain The world's going to lose him Another young superhero We've gotta find it We've gotta find it We've gotta find it We've gotta find it We've gotta find it We've gotta find it We've gotta find it We've gotta find it See the children on TV It's become a sign of the times Glorifying their bodies Something just don't feel right Still we keep pretending That boys and girls are men and women We watch it and we call it entertainment And everything is okay As long as somebody's getting paid I know there's got to be a better way I know there's got to be a better way Hey there's got to be a better way And we've gotta find it We've gotta find it We've gotta find it
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