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Artist: Nnenna Freelon
Canonical path: /nnenna-freelon/black-butterfly
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Black Butterfly
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Black Butterfly
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Morning light, silken dream take flight
As the darkness give way to the dawn
You've survived, now your moment has arrived
Now your dream has finally been born
Black butterfly sail across the waters
Tell your sons and daughters what the struggle brings
Black butterfly set the skies on fire
Rise up even higher so the ageless winds of time can catch your wings
Ooh...ooh...
While you slept, the promise was unkept
But your faith was as sure as the stars
Now you're free and the world has come to see
Just how proud and beautiful you are
Black butterfly sail across the waters
Tell your sons and daughters what the struggle brings
Black butterfly set the skies on fire
Rise up even higher so the wind can catch your wings
Let the current lift your heard and send it soaring
Write your timeless message clear across the sky
So that all of us can read it and remember when we need it
That a dream conceived in truth can never die
Butterfly
`Cause now that you're free and the world has come to see
Just how proud and beautiful you are
Black butterfly sail across the waters
Tell your sons and your daughters what the struggle brings
Black butterfly set the skies, set them on fire
Rise up even higher so the ageless winds of time can catch your wings
Fly
Butterfly
Yeah, yeah, yes
Fly
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Nnenna Freelon performs "Black Butterfly", and this lyric page sits inside the Nnenna Freelon catalog on LyroVerse.
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