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Michael KoomanRandom Black Girl

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ran-dom black girl sing- iti

with sut* itthingswould-n't be

whodoes-nt ha- pen to

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And girl u - su-al- lv me

an - y time verhave

be white.>- rr>

just fil-ling a qus-ta

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ev-

yes' mand yes' sirandno sa' when it comes to the plot I play no sig - ni-fi-cant role*

rand-om blackgirl sing-in'thesoul.

And I'll squinch upmy

I con ductwithmyhands

'11 o - pen mymouth unrbe- liev'ab-ly wide-eyes

end ofthe songwhenits timeto let go:- I'llgive'em adoseof my

Whycould-n't I becastfor apart inthe col- orpur ple 'stead of the

ran-dom black girl sing-in' the soul.

My a-gent gavone ad-vice Thosewords

E-po nrlle_ or

when it c,omes to myBroad-way sta

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But Iguessthingsal wayscouldbeworse

not cursed

en ough tohavebeenbom a- slan_

dan-cin'on- a pole- 'stead of the ran-dom blackgirl sing-in'thesoul.

The des-ing-ers can't Di-rect - or don't knowmv

stuckinMiss Sai-gon

andthemake-up art- ist-thinks thatwe all wear the

andMis stage man-ag-er thinks I sot toomuchS--- 7sat# andthe

cos-tu-mer don't know whatta do-with mv

niiy-be I shd'uld au-di-tionfor A - mer-i-can they love the rand-om blackgirl sing- in' the

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well not

"God- damn that Sis - ta

re-fe-ren tial-

but you got-ta be think-in' tayourself

Ddn'tyouhateitwhereongsare so self

ran-dom black girl sing- in' the... don't stop me know,cause ba-by

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molto rit.-

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