| A preacher shuns his brother
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| Cause his bride’s a different color
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| And this is not acceptable
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| His papa taught him so
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| It was love that he’d been preaching
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| But this was overreaching
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| The boundaries stretchin' further
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| Than his heart would choose to go
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| (Oh-oh)
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| Like an angel with no wings
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| (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)
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| Like a kingdom with no king
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| What have we become?
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| Ooh, self indulgent people
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| What have we become?
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| Tell me where are the righteous ones, yeah?
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| What have we become?
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| In a world degenerating
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| Oh, oh, What have we become?
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| Speak your mind, look out for yourself (Oh-whoa-whoa-oh)
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| The answer to it all is a life of wealth (Oh-whoa-whoa-oh)
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| Grab all you can cause you live just once (Oh-whoa-whoa-oh)
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| You got the right to do whatever you want (Oh-whoa-whoa)
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| Don’t worry about others or where you came from
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| (Oh-whoa-whoa-oh)
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| It ain’t what you were, it’s what you have become
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| (Oh-whoa-whoa-oh)
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| Mom and Dad are fightin'
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| While Rosie lies there crying
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| For once again she’s overheard
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| Regrets of their mistake
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| With Christmas bells a-ringing (Ding, dong)
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| Little Rosie’d leave them grieving (Ding, dong)
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| The gift she’d give her family
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| Would be the pills she’d take
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| (Oh-oh)
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| Inconvenient child
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| (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)
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| She wasn’t worth their while
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| What have we become?
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| Oh, self indulgent people
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| What have we become?
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| Tell me where are the righteous ones?
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| What have we become?
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| In a world degenerating
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| What have we become?
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| Speak your mind, look out for yourself (Yeah) (Oh-whoa-whoa-oh)
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| The answer to it all is a life of wealth (Oh-whoa-whoa-oh)
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| Grab all you can cause you live just once (Oh-whoa-whoa-oh)
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| You got the right to do whatever you want (Oh-whoa-whoa)
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| Don’t worry about others or where you came from
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| (Oh-whoa-whoa-oh)
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| It ain’t what you were, it’s what you have become
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| (Oh-whoa-whoa-oh)
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| What about love? |
| (Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh)
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| What about God? |
| (Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh)
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| What about holiness? |
| (Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh)
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| (Ah, ah, ah, ahhh…)
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| (Saxophone solo)
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| What have we become?
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| Ooh, self indulgent people
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| What have we become?
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| Tell me where are the righteous ones?
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| What have we become?
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| In a world degenerating (Oh, oh)
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| Oh-whoa-whoa-oh, Oh-whoa-whoa-oh
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| What have we become? |
| Have we come undone?
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| Oh-whoa-whoa, Oh-whoa-whoa-oh
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| What have we become? |
| Have we come undone?
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| Oh-whoa-whoa-oh (Oh, oh)
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| Speak your mind, look out for yourself
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| The answer to it all is a life of wealth
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| Grab all you can cause you live just once
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| You got the right to do whatever you want
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| Don’t worry about others or where you came from
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| It ain’t what you were, it’s what you have become
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| Selfish folks
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| With selfish goals
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| Selfish people
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| When you gonna learn?
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| Everyone of us
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| Gotta learn to trust
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| What have we become? |