Black Diamonds And Pearls-Blackalicious

[ti:Black Diamonds And Pearls] [ar:Blackalicious] [al:The Craft] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.40]Black diamonds and pearls [00:02.19] [00:10.71]Black diamonds and pearls [00:13.20] [00:22.02](Black diamonds and pearls) [00:23.24]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [00:26.35]Keep blowin' it up [00:27.52]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [00:30.14]Stay strong keep goin' keep blowin' it up [00:32.76](Black diamonds and pearls) [00:33.76]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [00:36.76]Keep blowin' it up yeah [00:39.74]Blowin' it up yeah [00:43.12] [00:43.74]Young leaders little unsung heroes [00:45.93]You can run some meters be a hoop or a track star [00:48.99]School teacher scientist or even [00:50.81]Own your very own street maybe even be a rap star [00:53.93]Times witcha you could change whole pictures [00:56.62]Make a better situation for your mother and yo' big mama [00:59.62]Make dollars own a ride and a house [01:01.93]Get it right use your powers getting' everything you did want [01:04.80]Then the youth say Look at where I'm at now [01:07.43]Straight poverty death is in my backyard [01:10.24]D**e dealers get fifty G's a pack [01:12.87]While my teacher don't really give a damn about a black child [01:15.49]And the grown folks say 'tell the truth' then act fowl [01:18.31]Say no to drugs hidin' all they crack vials [01:20.93]And talk all about peace and love and God [01:23.62]But then why are we at war killin' people in Iraq now [01:26.49](Black diamonds and pearls) [01:28.30]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [01:30.77]Keep blowin' it up [01:32.21]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [01:34.83]Stay strong keep goin' keep blowin' it up [01:37.33](Black diamonds and pearls) [01:38.89]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [01:41.97]Keep blowin' it up yeah [01:44.98]Blowin' it up yeah [01:47.46] [01:48.03]Young sista had a child still young herself now [01:51.03]And it's others all around screamin' turmoil [01:53.21]Ain't done wit' school how are you gonna make it now [01:56.60]Life is gonna be a little harder for you girl [01:58.85]Some how she sees the face of a child [02:01.34]And on her face is a smile and now it's brighter up in her world [02:04.28]And makes her stronger now she's gotta carry on [02:06.53]And be a very good mama this is life let it unfurl [02:09.53]And she's doin' it mother of the earth now [02:12.28]Found a blessin' in the struggle through her first child [02:15.16]Kept goin' kept growin' kept flowin' [02:17.22]Kept strivin' kept knowin' God would make a way somehow [02:20.57]Live yo' life girl show 'em how it's done now [02:23.06]I believe in you so keep it movin' 'til the sun's down [02:25.75]Never let them hold you back from anything you want now [02:28.32]Life is but a ride so find the treasures that are unfound [02:31.14](Black diamonds and pearls) [02:32.62]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [02:35.58]Keep blowin' it up [02:36.84]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [02:39.46]Stay strong keep goin' keep blowin' it up [02:42.21](Black diamonds and pearls) [02:43.53]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [02:46.08]Keep blowin' it up yeah [02:49.28]Blowin' it up yeah [02:50.34] [02:52.80]Young brotha takin' care of his mother [02:55.24]Makin' bread gotta hustle 'cause the table's lookin' thin now [02:57.93]Stress ridden as he walks his little sister [03:00.62]To her preschool which is up the road just a few miles [03:03.43]Back at the house his mom seeks magic [03:05.86]Through the pipe smoke travelin' through her lungs out and back down [03:08.74]Worst part that breaks the young man's heart [03:11.18]Is he's the one that's supplyin' it he feels like he's trapped now [03:14.37]'Cause every time he says no then she'll spaz out [03:16.99]Start shakin' mama please where is dad now [03:19.74]Guess he's gotta be the home's only man now [03:22.43]Left the life alone and gotta whole other plan now [03:25.07]Stacked enough to put her in a rehab found [03:27.77]Work and got a G E D his sister's in his hands now [03:30.32]And with support from other members in the fam' [03:32.95]Gonna make it out this struggle young people [03:34.76]Here's your chance come on [03:36.07](Black diamonds and pearls) [03:37.45]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [03:40.14]Keep blowin' it up [03:41.63]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [03:44.07]Stay strong keep goin' keep blowin' it up [03:46.20](Black diamonds and pearls) [03:48.14]Keep on keep goin' march on move on [03:50.64]Keep blowin' it up yeah [03:53.73]Blowin' it up yeah [03:57.68]Black diamonds and pearls [03:59.35] [04:07.86]Black diamonds and pearls [04:10.54] [04:19.05]Black diamonds and pearls