India.Arie Lyrics

7. Pearls

Featuring Dobet Gnahore

There is a woman in Somalia 
Scraping for pearls by the roadside 
There is a force stronger than nature 
Keeps her will alive 

That is how she lives her life 
She is dying to survive 
I don't know what she's made of 
But I would like to be that brain 

She cries to the heavens above 
There's a stone in my heart 
She lives a life she didn't choose 
And it hurts like brand new shoes 
Yes, it hurts like brand new shoes 
And it hurts like brand new shoes 

There is a woman in Rwanda 
The sun shows her no mercy 
The same sky we lay under 
It burns her to the bone 

Long is afternoon shadows 
It's gonna take her to get home 
Each gray carefully wrapped up 
Pearls for her little girl 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

She cries to the heavens above 
There's a stone in my heart 
She lives a life she didn't choose 
And it hurts like brand new shoes 
Yes, it hurts like brand new shoes 
And it hurts like brand new shoes 

There was a woman in Somalia 
There was a woman in Rwanda 
There was a woman in Tibet 
There is a woman in a Congo 
And she hurts like brand new shoes 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Ohhh 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
[African words sung]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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