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Artist: Franti
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Hollywood Army-Big Black Mothers
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Hollywood Army-Big Black Mothers
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Venite a girare nell'inferno che vivo
Soldato e regista dello stesso paese
I figli per strada con pistole rubate
Napalm che tuona e cade dal cielo
Salvador, Nicaragua
Con la faccia nel fango
Amerikani imperialismo Hollywood Army
Via lontano da qui
Fuori, lontano da qui
Vietnam nella fabbrica e dentro i campi
Berretti verdi scendono a terra
La guerra dei padroni
Guerra alla guerra
Salvador, Nicaragua
Con la faccia nel fango
Amerikani imperialismo Hollywood Army
Via lontano da qui
Quando sono nato volavano negli occhi del dottore
Piangevo così forte che le madri nere hanno detto
Ah, bene, ragazzo: vuoi dire che staremo con te per un bei pezzo
E le ho viste negli urli di mio padre, le ho viste nelle mani del maestro
E le ho viste sopra l'ostia sulla lingua, e le ho viste dentro i lampi in officina
E le ho viste quando il sesso mi ha svegliato, sempre a chiedermi di più
Fai strada ragazzo, non fermarti ragazzo, non impicciarti ragazzo
Le loro voci nelle orecchie mi ricordano chi sono, mi ricordano a cosa servo e a chi servo
At 30 on the road thinking that's the last lime
Searching something in my head, searching someone in my head
Write write write write write
Nothing but sand and broken bones
And the days I left behind last forever in their hands
My only friends only friends only friends
Big black mothers callin' me for lunch,
big black mothers I can't get up from my bed
At 40 I fell in love thinking that's the last time
Searching something to meet and touch, searching someone to meet and touch
Lovin' me lovin' me lovin'me lovin' me
But in the darkness of my nights they were flying over my bed
They were flying in my dreams, saying here we are, don't be sad
My only friends only friends only friends
Big black mothers callin' me for lunch,
big black mothers I can't get up from my bed
At 60 in a rest house thinking that's the last place
A lot of time for prayin', a lot of time for sleeping
They're coming they're coming they're coming they're coming
I saw their shadows on the walls, I heard them breathing in the air
The nurses were so kind, I was like a 90 pounds child
My only friends only friends only friends
Big black mothers callin' me for lunch,
big black mothers I can't get up from my bed
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