Pearls — 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

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

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

African Words Sung

Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah