miriam makeba《A Piece of Ground》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:08.55]When the white man [00:09.56]First came here from over the seas [00:13.95]He looked and he said [00:15.49]This is God's own country [00:19.12]He was mighty well pleased [00:21.00]With this land that he'd found [00:24.69]And he said I will make here [00:26.76]My own piece of ground [00:32.25]Now many's the battle [00:33.88]He still had to fight [00:36.56]And the many's the family [00:38.49]Who died in the night [00:41.94]'Cause many is the black men [00:44.01]Who lived all around [00:47.83]All of them wanting [00:49.52]Their own piece of ground [00:57.63]Then one fine day in 1883 [01:02.29]Gold was discovered in good quantity [01:07.32]Now the country was rich [01:08.93]And was richer than planned [01:12.86]And each digger wanted [01:14.77]His own piece of land [01:20.82]White diggers were few [01:22.65]And the gold was so deep [01:26.54]Black man was called [01:27.95]'Cause his labor was cheap [01:31.72]With drill and with shovel [01:33.57]He toiled underground [01:37.16]Six pennies a day to tender the ground [01:45.23]Now this land is so rich [01:47.06]And it seems strange to me [01:50.68]That the black man whose labor [01:52.44]Has helped it to be [01:55.54]Cannot enjoy the fruits that abound [02:00.67]Is uprooted and kicked [02:02.28]From his own piece of land [02:08.63]When some people say [02:10.37]Now don't you worry [02:14.04]We'll get you a nice piece of reserve territory [02:19.39]But I give my life that time million can be found [02:24.77]On a miserable thirty percent of the ground [02:32.87]Yet some people say [02:34.65]Now don't you worry [02:38.31]You can always find jobs [02:40.11]In the white man's city [02:43.17]But don't stay too long [02:44.73]And don't stay too deep [02:48.03]Or you're bound to disturb [02:50.08]The white man in his sleep [02:57.28]White man don't sleep long [03:00.50]And don't sleep too deep [03:04.73]Or your life and possessions [03:07.70]How long will you keep [03:11.99]'Cause I've heard a rumor [03:14.22]That's running around [03:17.45]For the black man's demanding [03:21.25]His own piece of ground [03:25.05]His own piece of ground [03:28.26]His own piece of ground [03:31.71]His own piece of ground