| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| You stole my history
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| Destroyed my culture
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| Cut out my tongue
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| So I can’t communicate
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| Then you mediate
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| And you separate
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| Hide my whole way of life
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| So my self I should hate
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Took away my name
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| Put me to shame
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| Made me a disgrace
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| As the world’s laughing stock
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| Think of me as show
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| You jeer and to mock
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| But your time is at hand
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| So you better watch the clock
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| From the shores of Africa
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| To the mainlaind of Haiti
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| Caribbean and the Pacific
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| Central and South America
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| Yes you mediate
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| And you separate
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| You hide my whole way of life
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| So my self I should hate
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Brother what a price I’ve paid
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| Sister what a price I’ve paid
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| Mother what a price I’ve paid
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| Father what a price I’ve paid
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| To thee
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| To have peace |