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Statue Of Liberty
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In the early fifties and sixties and
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Seventies
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American strechted forth her hands
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And welcome us all
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Yes we built and now they refuse us
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Yes we can clean it and now they refuse us
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Yes they mark us, they su su su
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Yes we been there with good intention
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Yes we been there with a working
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Intention
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Yes we been there with a educational
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Intention
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Yes we been there
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So many different nationalities been
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There too
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Never been treated like we do
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Never been handled like we do
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Never been talked about like we do
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We have a no intention to bomb threat
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No intention to hijacking
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No intention to hostage holding
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Chorus:
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Statue of Liberty light up your torch
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So we can see
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If it is a international problem
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We want to see
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It it is a political problem
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We want to see
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If it is a island problem
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We want to see
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If it is a continental problem
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We want to see
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Chorus
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If I am right than I should be right
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If I am wrong no argument
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Remember people the statue stand
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For equal rights and justice
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Chorus
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We were picking apples many years ago
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Picking grapes many years ago
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Hospital workers many years ago
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Housekeepers many years ago
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Chorus
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It's not like we begging or demanding
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Anything
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It's not like we begging or demanding
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Anything
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It's just an example
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It's just an example
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Chorus
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Chorus
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In the forties and the fifties no one
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Was fair
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In the sixties people start to share
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In the seventies we were there
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In the nineties immigration get scared
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