41 GUN SALUTE
(Lyrics and music by Jessica Stone)
He wasn't ordinary
He wasn't able to see
That life isn't fair to the kind
Yeah he was working so hard
He kept his coins in a jar
He'd never tell you what's on his mind
Until you asked him…
He was building a dream
He left his country to see
The home of the brave and the true
But we never got to the truth
Oh it's a tragedy of proof
This is the story of poor Amadu…
Chorus:
Oh Amadu, Amadu
He got a forty-one gun salute
Oh oh Amadu, doo dee doo
He couldn't buy himself an armor suit…
His mother taught him so well
You've got to work hard and sell
Yourself as an upstanding man
If you keep straight with your life
And you treat people right
You'll be repaid in the promised land
She really thought so…
But that lesson didn't help him
When he fell against door
In a darkened hallway in New York
His Mama, she didn't tell him
You can't buy happiness
As his wallet fell onto the floor
He had a wallet on him,
Nothing more…
Chorus:
Oh Amadu, Amadu
Got a forty-one gun salute
Oh oh Amadu, doo dee doo
He couldn't buy himself a 3-piece suit
For his judgement day…
He was building a dream
Left his country to see
The home of the brave and the true.
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