Misc Musicals – The Color Purple - African Homeland (Guitar)

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It was like black seeing black for the first time

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Shiny blue-black people looking real fine

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In brilliant blue robes that fly on the winds

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Like a beautiful quilt stitched together by friends

C
Mmmm

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everything I knew in a thimble

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What we're taught to be don't resemble

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The kings and queens who for thousands of years

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Ruled magnificent cities washed away by tears