Black Diamonds And Pearls-Blackalicious/Larry Saunders/Ledisi

[ti:Black Diamonds And Pearls] [ar:Blackalicious] [al:The Craft] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.51]Black diamonds and pearls [00:02.29] [00:10.81]Black diamonds and pearls [00:13.30] [00:22.13](Black diamonds and pearls) [00:23.34]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [00:26.45]Keep blowin' it up [00:27.62]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [00:30.24]Stay strong keep goin' keep blowin' it up [00:32.86](Black diamonds and pearls) [00:33.86]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [00:36.86]Keep blowin' it up yeah [00:39.84]Blowin' it up yeah [00:43.22] [00:43.84]Young leaders little unsung heroes [00:46.03]You can run some meters be a hoop or a track star [00:49.09]School teacher scientist or even [00:50.91]Own your very own street maybe even be a rap star [00:54.03]Times witcha you could change whole pictures [00:56.72]Make a better situation for your mother and yo' big mama [00:59.72]Make dollars own a ride and a house [01:02.03]Get it right use your powers getting' everything you did want [01:04.90]Then the youth say Look at where I'm at now [01:07.53]Straight poverty death is in my backyard [01:10.34]D**e dealers get fifty G's a pack [01:12.97]While my teacher don't really give a damn about a black child [01:15.59]And the grown folks say 'tell the truth' then act fowl [01:18.41]Say no to drugs hidin' all they crack vials [01:21.03]And talk all about peace and love and God [01:23.72]But then why are we at war killin' people in Iraq now [01:26.59](Black diamonds and pearls) [01:28.40]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [01:30.87]Keep blowin' it up [01:32.31]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [01:34.93]Stay strong keep goin' keep blowin' it up [01:37.43](Black diamonds and pearls) [01:39.00]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [01:42.07]Keep blowin' it up yeah [01:45.08]Blowin' it up yeah [01:47.57] [01:48.13]Young sista had a child still young herself now [01:51.13]And it's others all around screamin' turmoil [01:53.31]Ain't done wit' school how are you gonna make it now [01:56.70]Life is gonna be a little harder for you girl [01:58.95]Some how she sees the face of a child [02:01.44]And on her face is a smile and now it's brighter up in her world [02:04.38]And makes her stronger now she's gotta carry on [02:06.63]And be a very good mama this is life let it unfurl [02:09.63]And she's doin' it mother of the earth now [02:12.38]Found a blessin' in the struggle through her first child [02:15.26]Kept goin' kept growin' kept flowin' [02:17.32]Kept strivin' kept knowin' God would make a way somehow [02:20.67]Live yo' life girl show 'em how it's done now [02:23.17]I believe in you so keep it movin' 'til the sun's down [02:25.85]Never let them hold you back from anything you want now [02:28.42]Life is but a ride so find the treasures that are unfound [02:31.24](Black diamonds and pearls) [02:32.72]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [02:35.69]Keep blowin' it up [02:36.94]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [02:39.56]Stay strong keep goin' keep blowin' it up [02:42.31](Black diamonds and pearls) [02:43.63]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [02:46.18]Keep blowin' it up yeah [02:49.38]Blowin' it up yeah [02:50.44] [02:52.91]Young brotha takin' care of his mother [02:55.35]Makin' bread gotta hustle 'cause the table's lookin' thin now [02:58.03]Stress ridden as he walks his little sister [03:00.72]To her preschool which is up the road just a few miles [03:03.53]Back at the house his mom seeks magic [03:05.97]Through the pipe smoke travelin' through her lungs out and back down [03:08.84]Worst part that breaks the young man's heart [03:11.28]Is he's the one that's supplyin' it he feels like he's trapped now [03:14.47]'Cause every time he says no then she'll spaz out [03:17.10]Start shakin' mama please where is dad now [03:19.84]Guess he's gotta be the home's only man now [03:22.53]Left the life alone and gotta whole other plan now [03:25.17]Stacked enough to put her in a rehab found [03:27.87]Work and got a G E D his sister's in his hands now [03:30.42]And with support from other members in the fam' [03:33.05]Gonna make it out this struggle young people [03:34.87]Here's your chance come on [03:36.17](Black diamonds and pearls) [03:37.55]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [03:40.25]Keep blowin' it up [03:41.73]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [03:44.17]Stay strong keep goin' keep blowin' it up [03:46.30](Black diamonds and pearls) [03:48.24]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [03:50.75]Keep blowin' it up yeah [03:53.84]Blowin' it up yeah [03:57.78]Black diamonds and pearls [03:59.45] [04:07.96]Black diamonds and pearls [04:10.65] [04:19.15]Black diamonds and pearls