It's like a cheerfulness
Like a smile
Something in the voice
Which seems to say to us come
Which makes us feel like strangely well
It's like the whole story
Of black people
Who swing
Between love and despair
Something that dances in you
If you have it, you have it
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That others don't have
Which puts us in a funny state
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This funny joy
This gift from heaven that makes her beautiful
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She has this little
Extra soul
This indefinable charm
This little flame
Tap on barrels
On pianos
On everything that God can put in your hands
Show your laughter or your sorrow
But that you have nothing
That you are king
That you are still searching
The powers that sleep within you
You see it doesn't end You don't
When you have it you have it
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That others don't have
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