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Where do you come from boy, could you come anywhere?
You come from country where water flows free to the sea
I heard the English said, you got the best of it
When Raleigh washed up and found solid gold in his hands
There was a woman who gave all her pearls,
The ocean rolling, rolled them from the new world
There was a hill coolie, and a transatlantic slave,
There came a day when they broke free of their chains,
Now in country tempers run hot like Caribbean sun,
Said Gyasi when he went home
You come from country where water flows free to the sea
I heard the English said, you got the best of it
When Raleigh washed up and found solid gold in his hands
There was a woman who gave all her pearls,
The ocean rolling, rolled them from the new world
There was a hill coolie, and a transatlantic slave,
There came a day when they broke free of their chains,
Now in country tempers run hot like Caribbean sun,
Said Gyasi when he went home
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they opened for ben harper at deerlake park last may and i still have the video of them playing this song, with some guy in a volcom hat bobbing in front of me.. probably one of the best concerts ive ever been to..