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Don’t see me from a distance, don’t look at my smile
And think that I don’t know what’s under and behind me
I don’t want you to look at me and think
What’s in you is in me, what’s in me is to help them
LOVE….
Roughneck and rudeness,
We should be using, on the ones who practice wicked charms
For the sword and the stone
Bad to the bone
Battle is not over
Even when it’s won!
And when a child is born into this world
It has no concept
Of the tone the skin is living in
(CHORUS)
It’s not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as I stay, I’ll be waiting
It’s not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as stay, I’ll be waiting
I’ll be waiting,
I’ll be waiting
I assume the reasons that push us to change
I would like that they forget about their color,
so that they can have hope
Too many views on race that make them desperate
I like the doors wide open
So that friends can talk about their pain and their joy
Then we can give them information, that will bring us all together
(CHORUS)
It’s not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as I stay, I’ll be waiting
It’s not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as I stay, I’ll be waiting
I’ll be waiting,
I’ll be waiting
And when a child is born into this world
It has no concept
Of the tone of the skin he’s living in
And there’s a million voices!
And there’s a million voices!
To tell you what she should be thinking!
So you better sober up for just a second!
Seven seconds away
Just as long as I stay, I’ll be waiting
It’s not a second, seven seconds away
Just as long as I stay, I’ll be waitin
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