India Arie - India’s Song

India Arie Sampson (born October 3, 1975), professionally known as India.Arie, is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American soul, (neo soul) and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flute player.

India.Arie’s third studio album, Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship, was released on June 27, 2006. It gave India.Arie her first number-one on the Billboard 200 and was her second chart topper on the R&B chart. This album was also the first number-one album for Motown in thirty-three years since Diana Ross’s 1972 Lady Sings the Blues. Its first-week sales of 161,000 copies is Arie’s best sales week to date and was certified Gold in August 2006. She is expected to release Testimony: Vol. 2, Love and Politics in 2007.
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Lyrics of India’s Song by India Arie

Too much hypocrisy
In this old southern town for me
Way back in 1619 began
This tragic story
Thrown into slavery the crime
Was the color of skin
Never to see the light of the past again

Chorus:
I wanna go where the mountains are high enough to echo my song
I wanna go where the rivers run deep enough to drown my shame
I wanna go where the stars shine bright enough to show me the way
I wanna go where the wind calls my name
The wind is calling India India India

It’s a typical Savannah day
So I take my guitar to the park and I play
Sitting up under the live oak tree
The strangest feeling came over me
Is this the tree where my brother was hung?
Is this the ground where his body was burned?
God gave to me the gift of song
So I dedicate this one

Superiority, who have you better than me
Wasting precious time on racist mentality
This is only the beginning
The flesh we’ll be pushing up daisies in the end
Cause spirit knows no color
Either you’re a hater or a lover