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Shred of doubt like a splinter, pricking underneath your skin;
no easy way to draw it out, but I think you know how it got in.
You can try to ignore it, but I’ll tell you what I wish I knew:
Either you go to the trouble, else the trouble come to you.

Cutting word from a close mate, and now you wanna draw blood too;
it’s easier to return fire than to ask them to dress your wound.
You keep wishing for a harder heart, eventually it’ll come true.
Either you go to the trouble, else the trouble come to you.

As an entertainer, trouble ain’t the best;
with the corridors of cobwebs, and the cupboards filled with ghosts.
But I think you’d rather be trouble’s guest
than have to play the host.
Hour after hour, listen to trouble hold court,
tell you stories you can barely believe.
But when at last you tire of that sport,
good luck getting him to leave.

Once I had a love affair like a good book, never wanted it to end.
But if I didn’t let my lover go, I’d’ve never met my best friend.
You gotta prune what’s wilted if you wanna see a bloom:
either you go to the trouble, else the trouble come to you.

Sometimes you’re gonna get burned, it’s gonna scratch and itch and peel;
you don’t owe no one understanding, but baby boo, I wanna see you heal.
They’re as different as sea and sky, though each is just as blue.
Either you go to the trouble, else the trouble come to you.

Got all the pieces of the puzzle, now if you’d only get a clue;
either you go to the trouble, else the trouble come to you.

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from In The Dark (Awake Of Course​)​, Vol. 1, released March 29, 2021
Amina Shareef Ali - vocals, guitar, keys
Brian Belknap - vocals
Mr. Andrew - vocals
Nisan Perera - vocals

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Amina Shareef Ali Oakland, California

Based in Oakland, California, Amina Shareef Ali performs songs of love and struggle, of pain and wonder, of loss and redemption. Lyrics by turns poignant and sardonic are set against a backdrop of American music both traditional and modern, from folk to punk to country to jazz to rock and roll. ... more

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