[00:17.75]I was an August baby
[00:24.38]Conceived by the Christmas lights
[00:28.13]I came into the world by the setting sun
[00:34.94]On a humid summer night
[00:38.38]When my grandmother held me for the very first time
[00:40.94]She thanked God I looked like
[00:42.55]My daddy
[00:43.73]And I never quite knew just
[00:45.29]What she meant
[00:46.36]But I knew she was a lit-tle too happy
[00:48.46]And now I see
[00:50.96]You can't change a stubborn mind
[00:56.05]You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
[01:00.75]What does it matter anyway
[01:07.50]In our
[01:07.93]Darkest hour we're all just shades of grey
[01:25.96]They got married in a tiny chapel
[01:31.90]1965
[01:36.46]Malcolm X was on the radio
[01:42.59]When he took her as his wife
[01:46.40]And she looked so pretty that September day
[01:48.65]And her older brother cried as he gave her away
[01:51.40]And the minister looked like he didn't know what to say
[01:56.96]And then he spoke
[01:58.71]You can't change a stubborn mind
[02:03.96]You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
[02:09.78]What does it matter anyway
[02:13.71]In our
[02:15.74]Darkest hour we're all just shades of grey
[02:53.58]And when my grandmother held me
[02:55.08]For the very first time
[02:56.20]She thanked God
[02:57.33]I looked like my daddy
[02:58.95]And I never gave a
[03:00.01]Damn just what she meant
[03:01.45]But I knew she was a little too happy
[03:04.14]And now I see
[03:06.39]You can't change a stubborn mind
[03:11.34]You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
[03:16.83]What does it matter anyway
[03:21.90]In our darkest hour we're all just shades of grey
[03:31.40]In our darkest hour we're all just shades of
[03:36.77]Darkest hour we're all just
[03:41.15]Shades of grey - Hey  Hey  Hey
[03:52.96]It doesn't matter anyway Don't give a damn
[04:00.09]Don't give a damn
[04:00.90]Don't give a damn what they say
[04:07.09]We're all just shades of grey
[04:12.53]We're all just shades of grey
[04:19.97]Shades of grey