SOMETHING INSIDE SO STRONG
(Labi Siffre)

Labi Siffre
recorded 1987


The higher you build your barriers,
The taller I become!
The further you take my rights away,
The faster I will run!
You can deny me,
You can decide to turn your face away,
No matter, 'cause there's -

Somethin' inside so strong,
I know that I can make it!
Though you're doin' me wrong, so wrong,
You thought that my pride was gone, oh no!
There's somethin' inside so strong,
Oh-oh-oh, somethin' inside so strong!

The more you refue to hear my voice,
(oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee) 
The louder I will sing!
You hide behind walls of Jericho,
(oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee) 
Your lies will come tumbling!
Deny my place in time,
You squander wealth that's mine,
My light will shine
So brightly it will blind you,
Because there's-

Somethin' inside so strong,
I know that I can make it!
Though you're doin' me wrong, so wrong,
You thought that my pride was gone, oh no!
There's somethin' inside so strong,
Oh-oh-oh, somethin' inside so strong! 

Brothers and sisters,
When they insist we're just not good enough,
Well, we know better!
Just look him in the eyes and say,
"We're gonna do it anyway,
We're gonna do it anyway,
We're gonna do it anyway,
We're gonna do it anyway!"
Because there's -

Somethin' inside so strong,
I know that I can make it!
Though you're doin' me wrong, so wrong,
You thought that my pride was gone, oh no, oh no!
There's somethin' inside so strong!

Somethin' inside so strong,
I know that I can make it!
Though you're doin' me wrong, so wrong,
You thought that my pride was gone, oh no, oh no!
There's somethin' inside so strong,
Oh-oh-oh, somethin' inside so strong!
(Oh-oh-oh)
Oh-oh-oh, somethin' inside so strong!
Oh-oh-oh, somethin' inside so strong!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2020)