Ter Voghormya (Lord Have Mercy) - Sharakan Early Music Ensemble

Well, I grew up wild and free Walkin' these fields in my barefeet There wasn't no place I couldn't go With a .22 rifle and a fishin' pole Well, I live in the city but don't fit in You know it's a pity the shape I'm in Well, I got no home and I got no choice Oh, Lord, have mercy on a country boy When I was young I remember well I'd hunt the wild turkey and bobwhite quail The river was clear and deep back then Had fishin' lines tied to the willow limb Well, I live in the city but don't fit in You know it's a pity the shape I'm in Well, I got no home and I got no choice Oh, Lord, have mercy on a country boy Well, they damned the river, they damned the stream They cut down the Cyprus and the Sweetgum trees There's a laundromat and a barbershop And now the whole meadow is a parking lot Well, I live in the city but don't fit in You know it's a pity the shape I'm in Well, I got no home and I got no choice Oh, Lord, have mercy on a country boy Well, I live in the city but don't fit in You know it's a pity the shape I'm in Well, I got no home and I got no choice Oh, Lord, have mercy on a country boy Oh, Lord, have mercy on a country boy

Preacher told me don't set trip on a Sunday Knowing damn well that there'll get you laid Monday Lord have mercy Please Heaven's mercy Lord have mercy Please Heaven's mercy Na-na-na na-na na-na Never, ever ever get caught tellin' on my niggas I'm a gangbanger, deadbeat father and drug dealer When the money and fame gone, tell me who stayin' with you Runnin' from God's creation Shakin' these broken hands and meetin' with blank faces Snake eyes keepin' my back achin' Dirty habits of rappin' and bein' savage Still hangin' with niggas that can't do nothin' but cause damage Guess I'm bein' a real nigga like I'm 'posed to be But bein' real never once bought the groceries and Top told me keep rappin', you'll make it hopefully And hope was all that I needed, dreamin' myself to work This workin' affair was better than bullet holes in my shirt The demons hate when you make it and stay alive They'd rather see me down under than see me fly Lord have mercy! Lord have mercy Please Heaven's mercy Lord have mercy Please Heaven's mercy They say I was a wanted man, a wanted man Runnin' with my gun in hand, gun in hand They don't wanna see the wanted man, the wanted man Comin' through with the gun in hand, the gun in hand Damn Lord have mercy

We will all cry together on our knees We will all cry together on our knees And we'll all rise together Face the rising sun And Lord, Lord have mercy if you please We will all meet our mother on our knees We will all meet our mother on our knees And we'll all rise together Face the rising sun And Lord, Lord have mercy if you please We will shout hallelujah on our knees We will shout hallelujah on our knees And we'll all rise together Face the rising sun And Lord, Lord have mercy if you please And we'll all moan together on our knees We will all moan together on our knees And we'll all rise together And face the rising sun And Lord, Lord have mercy if you please All sing together on our knees We will all sing together on our knees And we'll all rise together And face the rising sun And Lord, Lord have mercy if you please We will all pray together on our knees We will all pray together on our knees And we'll all rise together And face the rising sun And Lord, Lord have mercy if you please