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I Am A Man

by Ben Williams

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Why didn’t you come for me? Left me all alone Why didn’t you stay with me This place is not a home And why would you say to me? That the love is all we have Has thou forsaken me While I walk a righteous path? La la la la La la la la If you hear me calling for you If you hear me calling for you This world has forsaken me And I’m trying to hold on And where my life has taken me You expect me to be strong? If you are who they say you are The truth, the life, the way Why is there so much suffering? Do you hear me when I pray? La la la la La la la la God, Would you show me a sign? A sign that you’re still there And that you still care I just need a sign from you A reason, reason to go on ‘Cuz this world...
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We must march on Til we have won We’ve come too far To go back home We’re in this together We’ve come a long long way This is our moment And this is our day March on Til victory is won We want peace and blessings Cause that’s the way we are We shine in our glory We’ve come so far We sing songs of our saviour And to him we pray To keep hope for tomorrow Fight for a better day
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I wanna show you a place I see it in my mind And I feel it in my heart My soul knows a place So close but yet so far I know we’ll get there The promised land Streets of gold Fresh air to breathe Where dreams become reality I wanna show you a place Oh can you see it So hold on tight Hold on tight to the ones you love And tell them we’ll get there Together (yeah) Oh we’ll get there The promised land We gon make it y’all All you have to do Is stay cool They done played us y’all (It) comes down to you To get through They won’t save us y’all They laughed at us And played fool They can’t break us y’all All you have to do Is sing ooh
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Self medication It’s my motivation Feels like meditation It’s too late, it’s too late, it’s too late for me It’s too late for me And I know it feels good In my situation There’s no way unless you make one But there’s so much temptation It’s too late, it’s too late, it’s too late for me It’s too late for me And I know it takes two, baby Constantly waiting And getting impatient You’re my foundation It’s too late, too late, too late for me It’s too late for me So faded High and I’m staying It feels like I’m amazing Will I ever leave you? You take me high You take me away From all the pain and suffering I feel everyday They say you’re no good for me And I know that too But I don’t know other way I don’t know what to do The world is so cold without you You take me above the clouds Closer to the sun You make it feel it better Why is that we do this dance that we do? But I know it takes two To keep this thing going Between me and you It’s too late I want you for all the wrong reasons Why didn’t you stay away You know you’re no good for me You know I want you to stay
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Take it from me The world is out to get us Take it from me Though I’ve learned simply from Being on the edge of death Just take it from me The world is outplaying us at this life game But take it from me The world is outdated
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Walkin round feel like I got a chip on my shoulder Lookin round I wonder will I ever grow older Born with an invisible target painted on my head I see red And what about the dreams that I have? Way too many nights in my head Will our fathers make it safely home Will Daddy come home? Is he safe? Huh? Or is he unable? I’ll know when he comes home Or will he come home? Huh? Is he able? I’ll know when he comes home I know He will Until we all decide to make it our mission to face the wicked system we belong can’t go on Don’t let it kill another father’s son Don’t wait too long So many of us out here starving for justice, but life is not just until life can serve justice to all It’s not (just) a matter of Oppression and abuse... Daily life is too much of a toss up for much many more than many of us like to Like to believe
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released February 7, 2020

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Ben Williams New York, New York

When it comes to black music, Washington, D.C. produces its share of game-changers. That long list includes Duke Ellington, Chuck Brown, Marvin Gaye, Shirley Horn, Roberta Flack, Bad Brains, Meshell Ndegeocello, Wale, and Oddisee. You can add Ben Williams to that venerated roster. ... more

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