Tracy Chapman - Tell It Like It Is

Say it say it say it Tell it like it is
Say it say it say it Tell it like it is

What breaks your heart
What keeps you awake at night
What makes you want to breakdown and cry

But say you'll never turn your back
Say you'll never harden to the world
Say you'll never try to still the rhythms in your breast
Say you'll never look at the evil among us and try to forget
Say you'll tell it like it is

Say it say it say it so everyone can hear
Say it say it say it tell it like it is

What breaks your hear
What keeps you awake at night
How your anger and grief
Make you want to cry out
And tell it like it is

But say you'll never close your eyes
Or pretend that it's a rosy world
Say you'll never try to paint
What is rotten with a sugarcoat
Say you'll talk about the horrors you've seen and the torment you know
And tell it like it is

Say it say it say it
So no one can forget
Say it say it say it Tell it like it is

What breaks your heart
What keeps you awake at night
What makes you want to break the ties that silence and bind
And tell it like it is

Say you'll never cover your ears and close your mouth
And live in a silent world
Say you'll only run as far or as fast as you need to be secure
Say that then you'll tell the truth
When a lie could cross your lips
And tell it like it is

Say it say it say it - Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it - Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it - Say it say it say it
Say it say it say it - Say it say it say it

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tracy
• chapman
• wildlife
• birds

[beadeful]

Ms Chapman is as natural as natural can be and I really love the natural truth she speaks through her music...

[terigower]

@beadeful

with u Stefani in every word u are saying......

[ninjafishes]

god if only people could grasp tell it as it is. iv gone my whole life telling people how it is and they just cant seem to manage that honesty when returning it. i dont undestand why people find it so hard to be honest face to face, like tracy says tell it how it is =] you should heid her words.

[terigower]

@ninjafishes

yes we should heed her words...tell it like it is...

[tmartin3]

amazing song...why am I looking at birds?

[terigower]

@tmartin3

looking back have not an answer for ur question..agree it is an amazing song..

[justemma01]

she is amazingly simple, that's what makes her unique, she is music and that's why her voice gets under your skin and stays there!

[didisashley]

coolest woman alive on earth! 

[ogeymahogey]

I love every piece of Music she plays/writes !! All of them are excellent and have heartfelt meaning :)

[grannynara]

"Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes." I have a hard time telling it like it is, because I'm too analytical. I need to know both sides of the story before I can tell it like it is. However, I can do better about speaking what's on my miind...

[2memarti]

guitar is great..



[tunji4tify]

Do i hear the sound of a "Talking Drum"?

[aesirvanir]

mary me