Paradigm

Paradigm Lyrics

Song Paradigm
Artist Ani DiFranco
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[00:37.92] I was born to two immigrants
[00:41.04] Who knew why they were here
[00:46.18] They were happy to pay taxes
[00:48.22] For the schools and roads
[00:50.27] Happy to be here
[00:54.34] They took it seriously
[00:58.46] The second job of citizenry
[01:02.42] My mother went campaigning door to door
[01:05.74] And holding to her hand was me
[01:09.01]
[01:09.93] I was just a girl in a room full of women
[01:14.08] Licking stamps and laughing
[01:18.11] I remember the feeling of community brewing
[01:22.55] Of democracy happening
[01:25.27]
[01:43.66] But I suppose like anybody
[01:47.84] I had to teach myself to see
[01:52.09] All that stuff that got lost
[01:54.22] On its way to church
[01:56.24] All that stuff that got lost
[01:58.34] On its way to school
[02:00.27] All that stuff that got lost
[02:02.45] On its way to the house of my family
[02:06.20] All that stuff that was not lost on me
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[02:12.20] Teach myself to see each of us
[02:14.09] Through the lens of forgiveness
[02:16.08] Like we're stuck with each other (god forbid!)
[02:20.44] Teach myself to smile and stop and talk
[02:24.11] To a whole other color kid
[02:28.64] Teach myself to be new in an instant
[02:31.04] Like the truth is accessible at any time
[02:37.53] Teach myself it's never really one or the other
[02:40.50] There's a paradox in every paradigm
[02:45.06]
[03:17.57] I was just a girl in a room full of women
[03:21.40] Licking stamps and laughing
[03:25.38] I remember the feeling of community brewing
[03:29.87] Of democracy happening
[03:33.52]
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