Shake Away - Lila Downs

You know mama told me now

You’re a child on your way

Don’t you bother looking back

At the steps you took today

I feel swallowed by the road

Like a man without a name

'Cause the poison in my skin

Has the color of your game

Shake away, shake away

All the many sorrows

Slide away, slide away

Like a rattlesnake

Shake away, shake away

All the dry and loose skin

All the anger and the hate

Like a rattlesnake

Take me away

To the wind of November

You are my thunder

My path and my voice

Take me away

To the place in your story

'Cause I can taste

Bitterness in your tongue

Can you hear me, mama?

Can you hear me, sister?

Can you hear me, child?

Can you hear me, mama?

Can you hear me, sister?

Can you hear me, child?

Shake away, shake away

All the many sorrows

Slide away, slide away

Like a rattlesnake

Shake away, shake away

All the dry and loose skin

All the anger and the hate

Like a rattlesnake

Take me away

To the wind of November

You are my thunder

My path and my voice

Take me away

To the place in your story

'Cause I can taste

Bitterness in your tongue

Can you hear me, mama?

Can you hear me, sister?

Can you hear me, child, child?

Can you hear me, mama?

Can you hear me, sister?

Can you, can you hear me, child?