Back in the world
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Back in the world
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Back in the world
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Back in the world
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Crawlin’ through the trees
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Stuck in mud up to the knees
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Fightin’ this damn war
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Wonderin’ if the Lord knows what it’s for
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Six long years stretch
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An’ we boys was in a hell of a mess
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I gotta keep my mind; take it slow
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Fightin’ hard (for) what I don’t know
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I wanna get back home, I gotta get back home
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Back to the world
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I had a talk with little mom
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Strenuous face as she began to hum
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She said: ”Boy, it’s good to see ya.
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My prayers must’ve been with ya.
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And now that you’re back and done
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Let me tell ya son
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The war was never won
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The war was never won”
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In these city streets everywhere
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You gotta be careful where you move your feet; how you part your hair
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Do you think that God could never forgive this life we live?
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Back in the world
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Back in the world
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Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
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My, my , my, my
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It’s so hard, it’s so hard, it’s so hard
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This life is so hard
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I’ve been beaten up and robbed
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“Soldier boy ain’t got no job”
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Back in the world
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Back in the world
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Had a long old stretch of sacrifice
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Gettin’ back home will be awful nice
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“Chile, your woman has long been gone”
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The doggone war just lasted too long
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People don’t give a damn
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People don’t give a damn
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People don’t give a damn
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So I’m standin’ here in future shock
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[?]
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Talkin’ ‘bout hard times, hard times, hard times
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Back in the world
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Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
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My, my , my, my
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It’s so hard, it’s so hard, it’s so hard
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This life is so hard
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I been beaten up and robbed
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“Soldier boy ain’t got no job”
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Back in the world
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Back in the world
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Uh huh. Back in the world
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Back in the world
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Uh huh, uh huh
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Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
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My, my , my, my
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It’s so hard, it’s so hard, it’s so hard
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This life is so hard
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Back in the world
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Ooh ooh ooh hoo
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Ooh ooh ooh hoo
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Back To The World
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| Curtis Mayfield |
