Pearls
♥ Sade Lyrics

There is a woman in Somalia
In Somalia, there exists a brave woman

Scraping for pearls on the roadside
She is collecting pearls from the roadside as a labor-intensive job

There's a force stronger than nature
She is fueled by an unbreakable force that defies nature

Keeps her will alive
That force is what keeps her strong

This is how she's dying
Her lifestyle is slowly killing her

She's dying to survive
But she is willing to fight to stay alive

Don't know what she's made of
She doesn't know how she maintains such amazing strength

I would like to be that brave
The artist admires and aspires to possess that kind of bravery

She cries to the heaven above
She often speaks to a higher power in times of intense struggle

There is a stone in my heart
She is weighed down by a heavy burden

She lives a life she didn't choose
Her circumstance was not of her choosing

And it hurts like brand-new shoes
Her pain is excruciating, like breaking in a new pair of shoes

There is a woman in Somalia
In Somalia, there exists a brave woman

The sun gives her no mercy
The sun is unrelenting in its harshness towards her

The same sky we lay under
The same sky that we see from a place of comfort and security

Burns her to the bone
Is scorching her to the core

Long as afternoon shadows
Her journey home is long and difficult, shadowed by the afternoon sun

It's gonna take her to get home
She must endure this hardship to reach her destination

Each grain carefully wrapped up
Each pearl she collects is carefully packaged

Pearls for her little girl
The pearls she gathers are for her daughter

Hallelujah
An exclamation of joy or praise

Hallelujah
An exclamation of joy or praise

She cries to the heaven above
She often speaks to a higher power in times of intense struggle

There is a stone in my heart
She is weighed down by a heavy burden

She lives in a world she didn't choose
Her circumstance was not of her choosing

And it hurts like brand-new shoes
Her pain is excruciating, like breaking in a new pair of shoes

Hurts like brand-new shoes
Her pain is excruciating, like breaking in a new pair of shoes