[ti:We Almost Lost Detroit]
[ar:Gil Scott-Heron]
[al:Home Is Where The Hatred Is]
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[00:00.00]We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott-Heron
[01:04.83]It stands out on the highway
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[01:09.35]Like a creature from another time
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[01:15.12]It inspires the babies' questions
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[01:20.52]For their mothers as they rides
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[01:25.54]Here by
[01:26.41]No one stopped to think about the babies or
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[01:31.25]What says the how they will survive
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[01:35.35]And we almost lost Detroit
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[01:40.59]This time
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[01:45.13]How will we ever get over
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[01:50.54]Losing our minds
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[02:04.12]Just thirty miles from Detroit
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[02:08.80]The built a giant power station
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[02:14.03]And it ticks each night as the city sleeps
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[02:19.28]Won baby
[02:20.07]Seconds from annihilation
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[02:24.72]Hay but
[02:25.31]No one stopped to think about the people or
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[02:30.10]Just the how they will survive
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[02:33.72]Oh yes we all most lost tee the all I
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[02:38.91]This time
[02:40.47]Yeah hay all this time
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[02:43.01]And how could we ever get over
[02:46.44]Omber
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[02:48.49]Losing our minds
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[02:52.97]I see
[02:53.47]Almost lost Detroit
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[02:56.94]That time
[02:57.84]D**n near almost all destroyed
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[03:02.03]That time
[03:02.91]Same we are the how which is ever get over
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[03:07.26]Over somebuddy low west time get a over
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[03:12.34]Over I don't think
[03:14.04]I could ever get over
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[03:17.48]Over I don't think
[03:19.26]I could ever get over
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[03:22.58]Over samewere
[03:24.23]People all over the world wanna know
[03:27.24]Say didn't you know said
[03:29.34]People all over the world wanna know
[03:32.26]Say didn't you know say
[03:34.49]Almost lost Detroit
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[03:37.68]That time
[03:38.70]D**n near almost destroyed
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[03:42.75]That time sign we are
[03:44.67]Almost lost Detroit
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[03:47.79]That time
[03:48.72]I'm don't think
[03:49.73]I could ever get a over
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[03:52.85]Over I don't think
[03:54.60]I could ever get a over
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[03:57.95]Over sign we are
[03:59.65]Losing our minds