| Getting my facts from a Benetton ad
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| Lookin' through African eyes
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| Lit by the glare of an LA. |
| fire
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| (Black tie, white noise)
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| I’ve got a face, not just my race
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| Bang, bang, I’ve got you babe
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| Putting on the black tie
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| Cranking out the white noise
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| Sun comes up and the man goes down
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| Woman comes again
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| Just an hour or so to be safe from fear
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| (Black tie, white noise)
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| Then we jump through hoops
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| We’re divisible now, just disappear
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| Putting on the black tie
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| Cranking out the white noise
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| We reach out over race and hold each other’s hands
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| Then die in the flames singing 'We shall overcome'
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| Whoa, what’s going on?
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| (There'll be some blood no doubt about it)
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| But we’ll come through don’t doubt it
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| (I look into your eyes and I know I won’t kill you)
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| I look into your eyes and I know you won’t kill me
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| You won’t kill me, you won’t kill me, no
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| But I look into your eyes and I wonder sometimes
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| Putting on the black tie
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| Cranking out the white noise
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| Oh Lord. |
| just let him see me
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| Lord, Lord yeah, let him hear me
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| Let him call me brother
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| Let him put his arms around me
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| Let him put his hands together
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| Reach out over race and hold each other’s hands
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| Walk through the night thinking we are the world
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| Whoa, what’s going on?
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| (There'll be some blood no doubt about it)
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| We should come through don’t doubt it
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| (I looked into your eyes and I know I won’t kill you)
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| And I turn my back for I know you won’t kill me
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| You won’t kill me, yeah, you won’t kill me, no
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| But I wonder why, yes, I wonder why sometimes
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| Putting on the black tie
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| Cranking out the white noise
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| They’ll show us how to break the rules
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| But never how to make the rules
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| Reduce us down to witless punks
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| (Black tie, white noise)
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| Fascist cries both black and white
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| Who’s got the blood, who’s got the gun
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| Putting on the black tie
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| Cranking out the white noise
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| (Ooh, yeah)
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| Cranking out
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| (To the)
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| Cranking out
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| (Ooh yeah)
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| Cranking out the white noise
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| (Black tie, white noise)
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| (We be yeah)
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| Cranking out
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| (Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo)
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| Cranking out
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| Putting on the black tie
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| Cranking out the white noise
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| (Just a fool)
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| Cranking out
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| (Just a fool)
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| Cranking out
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| (Just a fool)
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| Cranking out the white noise
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| (Black tie, white noise)
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| (Just a fool)
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| Cranking out
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| (Just a fool)
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| Cranking out
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| (Just a fool) |