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Gift Of Acceptance

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India.Arie, born India Arie Simpson on October 3, 1975, in Denver, Colorado.
She absorbed musical skill early in life, encouraged by both parents: her mother, Joyce, herself a former singer, and now India Arie's stylist; and her father, former ABA and NBA basketball player Ralph Simpson (not former NBA star player Ralph Sampson, as has been mistakenly reported in some media). She had taken up a succession of musical instruments throughout her schooling in Denver

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

[Intro]
Dm C Bb F/A | F/A A7 Dm Dm/C | Bbmaj7 G/B |Bb Bb/C F

[Piano Riff]
F | Bb/F F | F Bb6/F | F x 2

[Verse]
F Bb/F F F Bb6/F F
Some believe it's right to say Jesus when you pray,
F Bb/F F F Bb6/F F C/E
Some believe Mahommed, Allah, or Buddah are the way.
Dm Am/C Bb F/A F A7 Dm Dm/C
Instead of a God or pantheon of gods up in the sky,
Bbmaj7 Dm/B Bb Bb/C
I'll honor your choices and you can honor mine.

F | Bb/F F | F Bb6/F | F

F Bb/F F F Bb6/F F
Whether you are red, black, yellow, brown or white,
F Bb/F F F Bb6/F F C/E
A man with a husband or a woman with a wife,
Dm Am/C Bb F/A F A7 Dm Dm/C
We can debate till the end of time who's wrong and who is right,
Bbmaj7 Dm/B Bb Bb/C F
Or I can honor your choices and you can honor mine.

C/E Dm Am/C Gm7 F/A Bb Bb/C
We all want the same things from life,
Dm Am/C Bb Csus F Fsus F
We want peace, love and pro - sperity.
Bb F/A A7 Dm Dm/C
But can we give up our need to be right?
Bbmaj7 G/B Csus7 C7
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.
Bbmaj7 Bb6/C C7 F
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.

[With Hook]
F | Bb/F F | F B6b/F | F x 2

F Bb/F F F Bb6/F F
Some believe that God's a him and some say he's a her.
F Bb/F F F Bb6/F F C/E
Does God live here in our hearts or out in the universe?
Dm Am/C Bb F/A F A7 Dm Dm/C
Ghandi was a Hindu, Martin Luther King a Christian
Bbmaj7 Dm/B Bb Bb/C F Fsus F
Regardless of religion they knew love was the mission.

[Chorus]
Dm Am/C Gm7 F/A Bb Bb/C
We all want the same things from life, We want
Dm Am/C Bb Csus F Fsus F
peace, love and pro - sperity.
Bb F/A A7 Dm Dm/C
But can we give up our need to be right?
Bbmaj7 G/B Csus7 C7
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7/C C7 F
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.

[With Hook]
F | Bb/ F F | F Bb6/F | F x 2

Dm Am/C Bb F/A F A7 Dm Dm/C
We can debate to the end of time who's wrong and who is right,
Bbmaj7 G/B Csus7 F
Or I can honor your choices and you can honor mine.

[With Hook]
F | Bb/F F| Bb/F C/F | F

F Bb/F F F Bb6/F F
They call you Israeli and they call me an American,
F Bb/F F F Bb6/F F C/E
I look at you and I don't see a country, I just see my friend,
Dm Am/C Bb F/A F A7 Dm Dm/C
I pray we're in each other's lives for a long, long time
Bbmaj7 Dm/B Bb Bb/C F
Because I honor your choices and you honor mine.

[Chorus]
C/E Dm Am/C Gm7 F/A Bb Bb/C
We all want the same things from life,
Dm Am/C Bb Csus F Fsus F
We want peace, love and pro - sperity.
Bb F/A A7 Dm Dm/C
But can we give up our need to be right?
Bbmaj7 G/B Csus7 C7
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7/C C7 F
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.

[Hook]
F | Bb/F F| Bb/F C/F | F x 2

[Ending]
Dm C Bb F/A | F/A A7 Dm Dm/C | Bbmaj7 G/B |Bb Bb/C F