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American Prayer (Bono, The Edge, Beyonce, & Dave Stewart)

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American Prayer (Bono, The Edge, Beyonce, & Dave Stewart)

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Alright, yeah, wowThis is a tune Beyonce and us have been working onIt's funny how religious people are sometimes the most judgementalAnd anyway, this is a song we wrote it's called American PrayerIt could be anything, Irish Prayer, could be African PrayerIt's just a message to the churches that we really need youTo open your door and give sanctuary and break the stigmatizationThat goes with being Hiv positiveIf God loves you, what's the problem?And this is the time to finish what we startedAnd this is no time to dreamThis is the roomWe can turn off the dark tonightMaybe then we might seeI wanna know the healing of American PrayerI wanna know the meaning of American PrayerI want to believe in American PrayerBut I can hear children screaming American PrayerThis is the groundThat keeps our feet from getting wetAnd this is the sky over our headRemember that, what you see depends on where you standAnd how you jump will tell you where you're gonna landI wanna know the healing of American PrayerI wanna know the meaning of American PrayerI want to believe in American PrayerBut I can hear children screaming American PrayerHold on, let's not get tired Hold on, no no noDon't kick at the darknessMake the lights brighterAn African PrayerThis is our African PrayerI wanna know the healing of an African PrayerI wanna know the meaning of an African PrayerI want to believe in an African PrayerBut I can hear children screaming African PrayerOh, Quinby, Beyonce... BonoHow about you babe?
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