Pearls Lyrics - Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics - India Arie

There is a woman in Somalia 

Scraping for pearls by the roadside 

There is a force stronger than nature 

Keeps her will alive 

That is how she lives her life 

She is dying to survive 

I don't know what she's made of 

But I would like to be that brain 

She cries to the heavens above 

There's a stone in my heart 

She lives a life she didn't choose 

And it hurts like brand new shoes 

Yes, it hurts like brand new shoes 

And it hurts like brand new shoes 

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There is a woman in Rwanda 

The sun shows her no mercy 

The same sky we lay under 

It burns her to the bone 

Long is afternoon shadows 

It's gonna take her to get home 

Each gray carefully wrapped up 

Pearls for her little girl 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

She cries to the heavens above 

There's a stone in my heart 

She lives a life she didn't choose 

And it hurts like brand new shoes 

Yes, it hurts like brand new shoes 

And it hurts like brand new shoes 

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There was a womanin Somalia 

There was a woman in Rwanda 

There was a woman in Tibet 

There is a woman in a Congo 

And she hurts like brand new shoes 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

Ohhh 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah