| Why not say it like it is, like you know you should
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| Before they break your little heart, oh break it good
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| The feelings all the way inside, they never let you down
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| So why not say it like it is even if it don’t make your mama proud
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| Why change your mind when you make it up?
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| Second chances don’t come easy, easy for some
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| Baby I don’t know the lock from the key
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| But I know one of them is you and the other one’s me
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| So if it’s happiness you want that’s what you’ll get
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| You gotta rise up little sister turn on the light
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| Wise up to the stories you’ve been told
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| 'Cause love don’t come in black or white
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| Oh, no, no, no
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| My mama tells me I won’t get through the pearly gates
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| 'Cause I ain’t sorry for my sins and all my mistakes
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| Well mama, I don’t know if I’m going up or down
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| But I know heaven’s gonna be a one lonely town
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| But if it’s happiness you want that’s what you’ll get
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| You gotta rise up little sister turn on the light
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| Wise up to the stories you’ve been told
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| 'Cause love don’t come in black or white
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| Oh, no, no, no
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| Oh yeah, rise up little sister turn on the light
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| Wise up to the stories you’ve been told
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| Rise up little sister turn on the light
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| Wise up to the stories you’ve been told
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| 'Cause love don’t come in black or white
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| Rise up little sister turn on the light
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| Wise up to the stories
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| Rise up open your eyes
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| Love it don’t come in black or white
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| Oh no, wise up to the stories you’ve been told
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| You know love it don’t come in black or white
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| Little sister you got to rise up |