There's nothing more to hide as I slip into oblivion once again. No less than paranoid when I know, I know my numbers up for my sins. Cut myself to stop
I'm yours my heart, my soul, every part of me is committed to you Whatever you wish for I will fulfil it You see I'm branded Je suis marque I'm branded
If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one Drying in the colour of the evening sun Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away But something in our
(Isaac Hayes, Alvertis Isbell) I wanna come back Coz I like it like that Your modus operandi Is really all right, out of sight Your sweet phalanges
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(John Sebastian - Mark Sebastian - Steve Boone) Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn't it a pity Doesn
Black man, born free At least that's the way it's supposed to be Chains that binds him are hard to see Unless you take this walk with me Place where
price So we?re branded Stranded Like an evil spirit lost in time Branded Left empty handed But I?ll be back and claim what?s mine We?re branded Branded Branded
phone call that never came through Cause I'm branded, branded, branded With everything you did But I still see my name up in the marquee lights Cause I'm branded, branded, branded
my head up and be proud of who I am But they won't let my secret go untold I paid the debt I owed them,but they're still not satisfied Now I'm a branded
celebrities, pregnant with celebrities, Oh she is branded, oh she is branded, And the words on her clothes spell out sadness, Branded oh she is branded
racist government political hypocrites Ah now you will fit in Now you're working over time Your part of the grind You've got your number branded Castrated
they/spat in my face But I woke up to a brand-new morning; I destroyed compassion without a trace (mark my words) If youve broken a pure heart, youre branded
my head up and be proud of who I am But they won't let my secret go untold I paid the debt I owed 'em but they're still not satisfied Now I'm a branded
wait dear It will only ruin your life I see Now please don't wait for me, darling We could never be happy I know I'll always be a next convict And branded
they won't let my secret go untold I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied Now I'm a branded man out in the cold Now I'm a branded
t pushed me that far yet I've been branded, branded I wear the mark of the slave on my head Branded, branded I know the feeling of the yoke on my neck Branded, branded