Lenny Kravitz – How Long Have You Been Blind

Originally by Harry Belafonte

Trouble in the city, trouble in the countryside
Can’t sweep it under the rug, you’ve got trouble you can’t hide
Trouble on the Reservation, trouble in the Ghetto too
And the lies you told my children are coming down on you

How long have you been blind
Been coming a long long time

Trouble in the jailhouse, trouble out in the street
You can’t blame it on someone else, you’ve got no place to retreat
Trouble in your courtroom, trouble written on the wall
And all the pieces of your mistakes are starting to fall

How long have you been blind
Been coming a long long time

And now the crowd is leaving, but they’ve got no place to go
But there’s a Red man on the mountain standing in the snow
Time will be a ceasing, I know it will come to pass
And those who listen to the signs will be …..alas

Trouble with your conscience, trouble with the way you live
You’ve been taking for so long, you don’t know how to give
How long have you been blind
Been coming a long long time