(feat. George Duke)
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Sundays was better than other days
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Mondays through Saturdays
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Sundays we danced like there's no tomorrow
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Duke (Ellington) played piano in Storyville
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We sang the Blues round midnight until...
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The sun came up and we'd improvise
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Congo Square on a dope patoi, Congo Square on a dope patoi
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Congo Square on a dope patoi, all eyes open on Yeshua (Jesus)
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Lester (Young) was there, so was Ms. Badu
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Louie (Armstrong) played turmpet on West End Blues
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Ain't that Jill Scott with my sweet Aunt Nancy (Wilson)
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Sassy (Sarah Vaughn) and Ella (Fitzgerald) start scattin' now
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They start a frenzy there in the crowd
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Sistahs has always been so resilient
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Congo Square on a dope patoi, Congo Square on a dope patoi
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Congo Square on a dope patoi, all eyes open on Yeshua (Jesus)
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Ain't no filet gumbo babe without the rue
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Ain't no joyous feelings without payin' dues
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I'm gonna tie my pink bandana on
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'Cause what don't kill me make me strong
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Sing my Billie (Holiday) "Strange Fruit" song
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And dig my roots up... Congo Square
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(Dig this man)
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Sundays was really the only days
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That took the place of the lonely days
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Sundays we looked to the new horizions
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I see the light at the end of the tunnel sir
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Jazz and Blues born of the slave gospel
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Black angels pick the white fiels of cotton
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Congo Square on a dope patoi, Congo Square on a dope patoi
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Congo Square on a dope patoi, all eyes open on Yeshua (Jesus)
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Ain't no filet gumbo babe without the rue
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Ain't no joyous feelings without payin' dues
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I'm gonna tie my pink bandana on
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'Cause what don't kill me make me strong
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Sing my Billie (Holiday) "Strange Fruit" song
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And dig my roots up... Congo Square... Congo Square
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Congo Square... Congo Square
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(Party 'til the sun come up)
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(Play that piano man)
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Congo Square
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Teena Marie |