Manifest Destiny

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As I remember
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It was 400 years or more
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Since you came to crucify
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And they were taken far away from home
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There were promises of paradise
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But if they had been told that they
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That they would be sold this way
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To satisfy the souls of chosen men
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See, I had to look carefully
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At the shame of my ancestry
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To redefine the storyline again


[Chorus]
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Hey, if I was taken for a day
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And shown another way
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Now every child can learn a different thing
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See, I tried a million times
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But I had to change my mind, oh
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Sadness was the best thing I could bring
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On the inside he was dead
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And this is what he said
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As he took away the blue above the clouds, oh
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"Superiority was clearly meant to be
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So destiny will manifest in time"


[Verse 2]
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So where has the love all gone?
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A troubled trail of tears will tell the tale
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Of how I was put down where I don't belong, oh
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Woman, child and man for sale
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For ethical slavery is just an absurdity
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How can you be alive when you are dead?
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With these chains of hypocrisy
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The shame of my ancestry
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Forever stained by blood in which you tread (hey, yeah)


[Chorus]
          Am9
If I was taken for a day
      Gm9
And shown another way
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Now every child can learn a different thing
         Am9
See, I tried a million times
       Gm9
But I had to change my mind, oh
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Sadness was the best thing I could bring
         Am9
On the inside he was dead
     Gm9
And this is what he said
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As he took away the blue above the clouds, oh
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"Superiority was clearly meant to be
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So destiny will manifest itself in time", yeah


[Break]
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So where has the love all gone?
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Said I wanna know, I wanna know
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I wanna know, I wanna know, I
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Oh, somebody tell me where the love has all gone

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Said I want to know why