pearls featuring josh groban / santana

Angélique Kidjo

There is a woman in Somalia
Scraping for pearls on the roadside
Thereââ?¬â?¢s a force stronger than nature
Keeps her will alive
This is how sheââ?¬â?¢s dying
Sheââ?¬â?¢s dying to survive
Donââ?¬â?¢t know what sheââ?¬â?¢s made of
I would like to be that brave

She cries to the heaven above
There is a storm in my heart
She lives a life, she didnââ?¬â?¢t choose
And it hurts like brand-new shoes
And it hurts like brand-new shoes

There is a woman in Somalia
The sun gives her no mercy
The same sky we lay under
Burns her to the bone
Long as afternoon shadows
Itââ?¬â?¢s gonna take her to get her home
Each grain carefully wrapped up
Pearls for the little girl
Aleluuuuiiiiaaaaaaaaa
Aleluuuuiiiiaaaaaaaaa

She cries to heaven above
There is a storm in my heart
She lives in world, she didnââ?¬â?¢t choose
And it hurts like brand new shoes
And it hurts like brand new shoes