WYCLEF JEAN - Gunpowder lyrics

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I asked my mother why do you cry<br>She said your brother had... he just died<br>Well I told him not to go outside<br>He said he had to fight for his country's right<br>But don't you know that mo-mother<br>Don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no<br>Because the war is not over<br>Until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence<br>But I smell gunpowder (pow)<br>My brother's been dead ever since<br>I didn't beleive it, but when I saw him I was convinced<br>Two shots to the head he was already dead lord,<br>I headed for revenge in the city of port au prince<br>Screaming bro-brother<br>Don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no<br>Because the war is not over<br>Until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence<br>But I smell gunpowder (pow)<br>Zion's gunpowder (pow)<br>L.a.'s gunpowder (pow)<br>I wanna know why<br>Christians pray for a new day<br>We don't need no, we don't need no, we don't need no<br>But it's still the same way<br>I wanna know why<br>Ghetto people pray for a new day<br>Hey, hey, heeey<br>And it's still the same way<br>But the preacher man told me<br>Good things come to those who wait<br>Do good things come to those who wait? <br>I wanna know tell me<br>Good things come to those who wait<br>Do good things come to those who wait? <br>We wanna know, we wanna know, we wanna know [pause]<br>Pe-people<br>Don't you know that we can't stop the violence, no<br>Because the war is not over<br>Until you can feel love, peace, and hear the silence<br>But I smell gunpowder (gunpowder)<br>Brooklyn's gunpowder (gunpowder)<br>Shaolin's gunpowder (gunpowder)<br>Uptown's gunpowder (gunpowder)<br>Jersey's gunpowder (gunpowder)<br>Even new zealand's gunpowder (gunpowder)<br>Australia's gunpowder (gunpowder)<br>Brixton's gunpowder (gunpowder)<br>Even new haven's gunpowder