Tonalidad: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Born
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the color of the night
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He learned the truth in black and white
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His father was poor, but he was kind
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He taught his children
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strength of mind
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They made it to the golden shore
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He won a night school degree,
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the badge of the law
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In city hall he gained a seat
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He learned the ways of the wise
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And the smell of defeat
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Thomas Bradley
He's the mayor of Los Angeles
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Am
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Thomas Bradley
Thomas Bradley
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He's the mayor of Los
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Angeles
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In 69 he first stood up against
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Mayorty and racial hate
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The people returned a paralyzed vote
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The bitter taste of riots
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in the back of their throats
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Yorty's grip became a stranglehold
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He was al ways out of town
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whenever business called
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The tongues did wag, the heads did shake
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So he came back,
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but it was much too late
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Thomas Bradley, Thomas Bradley
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He's the mayor of Los Angeles
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Thomas Bradley
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He's the mayor of Los
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Angeles
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Now election time,
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it came around once more
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The ballot machines weighed up the score
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And judging their deeds
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more than their skin
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A white man did vote a black man in
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Now all around the town
Saying,
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yes, I have achieved a dream
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From coast to coast,
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the whispers spread
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There'll be a black man in the White
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House before I'm dead
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Thomas Bradley, Thomas Bradley
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He's the mayor of Los Angeles
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Thomas Bradley, Thomas Bradley
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He's the mayor of Los
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Angeles
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you
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