Ellis Paul - Translucent Soul текст песни

I get a call from vance hes an old friend

Hes got some you-wont-believe-story to share

Hes the place that I go when I need someone who knows me

He brings the smile of a billionaire

And I laugh when he pretends hes a white guy

cause he knows how bad I fail playing black

He says, "if even you could, I dont advise that you should

cause once you go there you might not want to turn back"

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There isnt a thing

In this god-all-mighty world that I wouldnt do

To help him outta trouble

Seein as how were friends and

That goes deeper than skin can go

To a translucent soul

Deeper than color will show

Translucent soul

He says, "now, you and i, I know we look a little different,

But, I was raised middle class, same as you.

But, lets make it clear even on the way here,

I had to watch for blue lights in the rear view "

He says, "last week, I was visiting l.a.,

Walking the streets where the riots went down.

You got black killing black killing black killing black,

While all the whites were sweating bullets across town"

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He says, "in l.a., theyre whispering race war,

Like its something that has yet to begin

Like they can plug up the cracks

In four hundred years of history

And prove that the melting pots not broken"

He says, "in the event of some unlikely disaster,

We find ourselves armed, and face to face "

I said, "id turn around, I would protect your ground"

He said, "id do the same thing for you at your place"

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There isnt a thing

In this god-all-mighty world that he wouldnt do

To help me outta trouble . . .

Embrace what you have in common,

Celebrate what sets you apart

It takes more than the color

That you find on a palate

To turn humanity into an art

Into the form of an art

Translucent soul

Translucent soul

Soul