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Avalanche

Album: Prince - One Nite Alone Durasi: 4:25
[00:32.45]He was not or never had been in favor
[00:49.82]Of setting r people free
[00:58.72]If it wasn't 4 the 13th Amendment
[01:08.44]We woulda been born in slavery
[01:19.48]He was not or never had been in favor
[01:29.64]Of letting us vote so u c...
[01:38.08]Abraham Lincoln was a racist who said
[01:48.44]"U cannot escape from history"
[01:58.04]Like the snow comin' down the mountain
[02:03.59]That landed on Wounded Knee
[02:12.29]Nobody wants 2 take the weight-
[02:23.95]The responsibility
[02:29.14]Hear the joyous sound of freedom
[02:42.31]The Harlem Renaissance
[02:47.73]Hear Duke Ellington and his band
[02:53.46]Kick another jungle jam
[02:56.15]Ooh, do u wanna dance?
[02:57.95]Who's that lurking in the shadows?
[03:00.40]Mr. John Hammond with his pen in hand...
[03:04.76]Sayin' "Sign ur kingdom over 2 me
[03:09.00]And b known throughout the land!"
[03:13.99]But, u ain't got no money, U ain't got no cash,
[03:23.96]So u sign yo name and he claims innocence
[03:28.98]Just like every snowflake in an avalanche...
[03:32.27]Like the snow comin' down the mountain
[03:38.12]That landed on Wounded Knee
[03:45.52]Nobody wants 2 take the weight-
[04:01.57]The responsability
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