Pearls - original lyrics by Sade
there is a woman in somalia
scraping for pearls on the roadside
there's a force stronger than nature
keeps her will alive
this is how she is dying
she is dying to survive
don't know what she is made of
I would like to be as brave as that

she cries to the heaven above
there is a stone in my heart
she lives a life she didn't choose
and it hurts like brand new shoes

and it hurts like brand new shoes

there is a woman in somalia
the sun gives her no mercy
the same sky we lie under
burns her to the bones
long as afternoon shadows
it's gonna take her to get home
each grain carefully wrapped up
pearls for her little girl

hallelujuha
hallelujuha

she cries to the heaven above
there is a stone in my heart
she lives a life she didn't choose
and it hurts like brand new shoes


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