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  1. The Black Loom: (The Genie in the Jar: For Nina Simone)

From the recording ONE OUNCE OF TRUTH: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI SONGS

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Lyrics

THE BLACK LOOM
(Genie in the Jar: for Nina Simone)
take a note and spin it around spin it around
don’t prick your finger
take a note and spin it around
on the Black loom on the Black loom
careful baby
don't prick your finger

take the air and weave the sky
around the Black loom around the Black loom
make the sky sing a Black song sing a blue song
sing my song make the sky sing a Black song
from the Black loom from the Black loom
careful baby
don’t prick your finger

take a genie and put her in a jar
put her in a jar
wrap the sky around her
take the genie and put her in a jar
wrap the sky around her
listen to her sing
sing a Black song our Black song
from the Black loom
singing to me
from the Black loom
careful baby
don’t prick your finger

All Songs © 2008 by Louis Rosen & Nikki Giovanni. Publisher: Lullwater Music, ASCAP. All Rights Reserved.
Poetry © 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 by Nikki Giovanni