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Home » Turn The World Around

Turn The World Around

September 27, 2016 By Faith Naoi

27 Sep

by Harry Belafonte and Robert M. Freedman
© Clara Music Publishing Corp. ASCAP
A zipper song inspired by traditional story from Guinea

TURN THE WORLD AROUND

We come from the
Mountain
Living in the Mountain
Go back to the
Mountain
Turn the world

Water

Fire

Sky

Wo ho! So is life!
Ah ha! So is life!
Wo ho! So is life!
Ah ha! So is life!

Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
Hearing one another clearly
Do we know who we are?

Water make the river
River wash the mountain
Fire make the sunlight
Turn the world around

We are of the Spirit
Living in the Spirit
Only can the Spirit
Turn the world around

2017 GVP Students:

https://elisewitt.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Turn-The-World-Around.mp3

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