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Listen to Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Recorded Live at the Met - October 23, 2021) by Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
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Listen to Klassik der Gegenwart Essentials featuring Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Angel Blue
Angel Blue
Künstler:in
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Dirigent:in
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Orchester
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Komponist:in

Lyrics

There once was a boy of peculiar grace
A dangerous existence for a man of his race
A Black boy from a lawless town
Where everyone carries a gun
He carried shame in a holster 'round his waist
A boy of peculiar grace
Manhood lost and not found 'til now
Dreams that kept him awake
Isolated by strange desires
Half-formed, not embraced
A graceful boy in a dangerous place
Alone, a subject of curiosity
For the old folks to speculate
What wrong with that boy?
A stranger in his hometown
An oddity, the butt of a joke
A hurt that can't be erased
The South is no place
For a boy with peculiar grace
You'll go north, you'll make your way
Nothing can stop you, no reason to stay
The South is no place
For a boy with peculiar grace
Written by: Terence Blanchard

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