Pearls (feat. Dobet Gnahoré)

There is a woman in Somalia

Scrapin' for pearls by the roadside

There is a force stronger than nature

Keeps her will alive

That is how she lives her life

She is dying to survive

I don't know what she's made of

I would like to be that brave

She cries to the heavens above

There's a stone in my heart

She lives a life she didn't choose

And it hurts like brand new shoes

Yes, it hurts like brand new shoes

And it hurts like brand new shoes

There is a woman in Rwanda

The sun shows her no mercy

The same sky we lay under

Burns her to the bone

Long as afternoon shadows

Is gonna take her to get home

Each grain carefully wrapped up

Pearls for her little girl

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

She cries to the heavens above (Oh)

There is a stone in my heart (Oh)

She lives a life she didn't choose

And it hurts like brand new shoes

Yes, it hurts like brand new shoes

And it hurts like brand new shoes

There is a woman in Somalia (Ah, ah)

There is a woman in Rwanda (Ah, ah)

There is a woman in Sudan (Ah, ah)

There is a woman in the Congo (Ah, ah)

And she hurts like (And she hurts like)

(And she hurts like) Brand new shoes

Hallelujah (Ooh, ooh)

Hallelujah (Ooh, ooh, oh)

Hallelujah

Hallelujah (I've got to tell her)

Hallelujah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Ah