Mighty River

Album: Mudbound (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
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  • Life is a teacher, time is a healer
    And I'm a believer like a river wild
    Ego's a killer, greed is a monster
    But love is stronger, stronger than them all

    White flag in hand
    I don't want to fight
    No lines in the sand, I'm on your side
    Invisible, no color life
    It's time we put our, put our, put our differences aside

    Time tells no lies
    It keeps changing, and ticking, and moving, then passes by
    But if you're lucky it will be kind
    Like a river flowing through time

    (Like a river)
    Let it wash you clean
    (Like a river)
    Going up stream
    (Like a river)
    Cutting through right
    (Like a river)
    'Cause it never gives up
    (Like a river)
    So full of life
    (Like a river)
    Liquid like time
    (Like a river)
    That'll wash away
    (Like a river)
    The pain from yesterday

    Love is the answer, hate is a cancer
    Hope of forgiveness, it waters the soul
    Our blood is red, we're not so different
    'Cause underneath our skin we're identical

    White flag in hand
    I'm not gonna fight
    No lines in the sand, I'm on your side
    Invisible, no color rise
    It's time we put our, oh put our differences aside
    We know wrong from right

    Oh time tells no lies
    It keeps changing, and ticking, and moving, then passes by
    But if you're lucky it will be kind
    Oh like a river flowing through time

    (Like a river)
    Let it wash you clean
    (Like a river)
    Going up stream
    (Like a river)
    Cutting through right
    (Like a river)
    'Cause it never gives up
    (Like a river)
    So full of life
    (Like a river)
    Liquid like time
    (Like a river)
    Let it wash away
    (Like a river)
    The pain from yesterday

    (Like a river)
    Oh oh oh (mighty river)
    Rain down on me
    (Like a river)
    All it takes is time
    (Mighty river)
    To heal this bloodline
    (Like a river)
    Better wash me clean
    (Mighty river)
    Get this dirt off of me
    (Like a river)
    Oh oh oh (mighty river)
    Let it wash the pain

    Oh oh oh (like a river)
    Oh like a river (mighty river)
    Mighty and better river (like a river)
    Oh yeah (mighty river)
    Rain down on me
    (Like a river)
    Oh oh oh (mighty river)
    Oh all the hurt and pain
    (Like a river)
    Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah
    (Mighty river)
    Oh mighty river, mighty river (ooh ooh ooh ooh) Writer/s: Mary J Blige, Raphael Saadiq, Taura Latrice Stinson
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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