Esperanza Spalding

Chorus:
Hold your head as high as you can,
I love to see you...
For life sometimes is cold and cruel
Baby, no one else will tell you,
So remember that you are
You are black gold, black gold
You are black gold!

Now maybe none else has ever told you so
But you're golden, baby, black with a diamond soul
Think of all the strength you have in you
From the blood you carry within you
Ain't your man, powerful man
Build us up civilization?

There'll be folks... putting you down
Don't get burn, don't get burn!
Oh, not necessarily everyone will know your world, no, no
Think of all the strength you have in you
From the blood you carry within you
Ain't your man, powerful man
Build us up civilization?
Think of all the strength you have in you
From the blood you carry within you
Ain't your man, powerful man
Build us up civilization?

Chorus:
Hold your head as high as you can,
I love to see you...
For life sometimes is cold and cruel
Baby, no one else will tell you,
So remember that you are
You are black gold, black gold
You are black gold!

Think of all the strength you have in you
From the blood you carry within you
Ain't your man, powerful man
Build us a civilization!
Think of all the strength you have in you
From the blood you carry within you
Ain't your man, powerful man
Build us a civilization!

Chorus:
Hold your head as high as you can,
I love to see you...
For life sometimes is cold and cruel
Baby, no one else will tell you,
So remember that you are
You are black gold, black gold
You are black gold!
You are black gold, black gold
You are black gold!
You are black gold, black gold
You are black gold!

People i almost gave up holding on
Watching us give into our fears
I almost believe
Almost believe
All the world is helpless sorrow
No hope for a bright tomorrow
But i'm not sure enough
To give it up...no

Now as i learn how i must work for change
I nearly cave in from the weight
I almost believe
Almost believe
All the sorrows will consume me
'til peace among men i never can see
But i'm not sure enough to give it up

I'll keep faith
Like so many souls who won't be drowned
By evil in the world
I HAVE FAITH IN MANKIND
That we can guide our choices towards a healthy world

In time to ease our bind
For only hard work through time
Can change men's minds, i know
If we make some small changes now
We'll heal ourselves, some way, some how

I don't expect to ever taste the fruit
My life devoted could bring forth
I almost believe
Well i do believe
Oh the path to peace is endless
So, choosing to close our eyes makes our fault mendless
Of this i'm sure enough

I WON'T GIVE UP
I'M SURE ENOUGH
AND I WON'T GIVE UP
I'M SURE ENOUGH
AND I WON'T GIVE UP

Don't worry if we fall in love
We will never touch the ground
Don't worry if we fall in love
We will never touch the ground
Just fall into a dream

They say if you die in a dream,
You die in real life
Well I just died in your arms,
Lost in your eyes
And I know this must be a dream
Cos I feel like I can fly to heaven

They say if you live in a dream,
You're hopelessly lost
Well this ain't just any old dream
For our paths have crossed
And I may be hopelessly lost
But somehow I've managed to find heaven

And don't worry if we fall in love
We will never touch the ground
Don't worry if we fall in love
We will never touch the ground
Just fall into a dream
Don't worry if we fall in love
We will never touch the ground
Don't worry if we fall in love
We will never touch the ground
Just fall into a dream

The way
You look at me
When you think
I'm not looking....
Tells me....
Your heart's
A sleeping giant
Worn out
By someone
You loved before me.
I see you're scared
Unconvinced by
What I've tried to say;
That I am yours
And that nothing
Will take me away.

I know that you know
But I'll sing it again;
I love you babe
And nothing
Will take me away ........... (x2)

The way
You always call me
With some question....
And every time
Try to pretend
You didn't call me
Just ?cause
I was on your mind.
Too soon for you
To say out loud
But I know.
You love me
And though
We don't say it
Already shows.

I know that you know
But I'll sing it again;
I love you babe
And nothing
Will take me away.
You already know
But I'll sing it again;
I love you babe
And nothing
Will take me away.
I know that you know
But I'll sing it again;
I love you babe
And nothing
Will take me away.
You already know
But I'll sing it again;
I love you babe

And nothing
Will take me away.

I wait for you
To open up.
But, it's not a bore.
You're just
What I've been
Looking for.
Why do you keep
Your head in the sand?
Whoever
You loved before me
That ran's
Nothing like me...
Nothing like me...
Nothing like me...

I know that you know
But I'll sing it again;
I love you babe
And nothing
Will take me away.
You already know
But I'll sing it again;
I love you babe
And nothing
Will take me away.
I know that you know
But I'll sing it again;
I love you babe
And nothing
Will take me away.
You already know
But I'll sing it again;
I love you babe
And nothing
Will take me away.

The way you look at me
When you think
I'm not looking.
The way you call me up
Just to see
What's cooking.
The way you look at me
When you think
I'm not looking.
I look at you
That way too
You just don't know
That I do.

I know that you know
You already know

Wait a little while
We can't rush what belongs
To the heavens above
Like the course of our love without time
We'll never see what's behind
This elusive romance
Could be two who'll prove love is more than
Mere chance

Let's wait a little while
And find out why we're waiting
Amidst those parading
Desir like a torch fire
Amidst those who scramble
For love all a flutter
When true love is something subtler
We'll create if we just wait...

We can't rush a happy ending

That's not in our dstiny's plan
Sweet this seems we can't see
The grand scheme of our lives
Which really are what we'd share
If this romance is true
So take time to live yours
I will too while we

Wait a little while and be sure
We're not fooled
By the things we've been schooled
To take as signs that love's arrived
Like charm wit and beauty
Our youth made us seek them
But in truth we don't need them
We're in love, so let's take our time.

Ponta de areia
Ponto final
Da Bahia-Minas
Estrada natural
Que ligava Minas
Ao porto do mar
Caminho de ferro
Mandaram arrancar
Velho maquinista
Com seu bone
Lembra do povo alegre
Que vinha cortejar
Maria Fumaca
Nao canta mais
Para mocas
Flores janelas
E quintais
Na praca vazia
Um grito, um oi
Casas esquecidas
Viuvas nos portais

Love me or leave me but please don't deceive me
And say you love me how I am
You love the way I fit some ideal
Not the real woman you've yet to understand
See love ain't all heaven, and I am no angel
But I do the best I can

You always wanted something more from my body
And said you needed something more from my loving
But all you got was me and that's all that I can be
I'm sorry if it let you down

Now it's no nice excuse but all the magic was used
Up on trying to uphold
Some kind of tame, flattering persona
That soon enough was getting real old
It takes more than pressure to change rock to diamond
Now all you have is sand,
Slipping through your fingers

You always wanted something more from my body
And said you needed something more from my loving
But all you got was me and that's all that I can be
I'm sorry if it let you down

But I'm not gonna sit around
And waste my precious divine energy
Trying to explain and being ashamed
Of things you think are wrong with me
I'm not gonna sit around
And waste my precious divine energy
Trying to explain and being ashamed
Of what you think is wrong with me

Set you up, you say I set you up
Like I was different than what I am offering you now
And drug your heart around
Did you forget about
All of the love and the acceptance that you promised me too?

You always wanted something more from my body
And said you needed something more from my loving
But all you got was me and that's all that I can be
I'm sorry if it let you down
You always wanted something more from my body
And said you needed something more from my loving
But all you got was me and that's all that I can be
I'm sorry if it let you down
But I'm not gonna sit around
And waste my precious divine energy
Trying to explain and being ashamed
Of things you think are wrong with me
Me, I'm not gonna sit around
And waste my precious divine energy
Trying to explain and being ashamed
Of what you think is wrong with meit let you down

If I had a penny for every time I caught you
Undressing me with your eyes
I'd be a rich one and then I could prove all my senses were real all along
You wanted me too

Though now you laugh and call me a fool
I know you wanted me too
Before she got to you

If I could remember all the things you
Used to say when we were left alone
I'd have a book of sonnets so inspired
All the muses would cringe at your denial
At how you wanted me too

Though now you laugh and call me a fool
I know you wanted me too
Before she got to you

Before she got to you,
I would say that we were something special to behold
But now it's over, all over
Before she came barging through,
We were prime to make the kind of love
As scarce as four leaf clover
Now, I'm a bit confused
Cos what I felt I thought was true...
Did she barge in and steal your heart away?
Or did you know from the first day
I was just someone to play?
If so, damn that's cold

Before she got to you,
I would say that we were something special to behold
But now it's over, all over
Before she came barging through,
We were prime to make the kind of love
As scarce as four leaf clover
If I could understand what you have found in her
More than you could have had with me
I'd finally understand a mind
As twisted as yours must be for you to go
Just when you wanted me too

Though now you laugh and call me a fool
I know you wanted me too
What kind of spell has she put on you?
I know you wanted me too
Before she got to you