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Artist credits
- Tracy ChapmanPrimary
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Material World is a track by Tracy Chapman, taken from the album “Crossroads”, released June 19, 1989 on Elektra Records. It runs 3:05. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside Crossroads, Bridges, Freedom Now. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Material World
- Artist
- Tracy Chapman
- Release
- Crossroads
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 3:05
- Release date
- June 19, 1989
- Record label
- Elektra Records
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songYou in your fancy
Material world
Don't see the links of chain
Binding blood
Our own ancestors
Are hungry ghosts
Closets so full of bones
They won't close
Call it upward mobility
But you've been sold down the river
Just another form of slavery
And the whole man-made white world
Is your master
You in your fancy
Material world
Create in your own image
A supreme god
Your Virgin Mary
Your holy Ghosts
Claimed to be pure of heart
Have hands that are stained with blood
Call it upward mobility
But you've been sold down the river
Just another form of slavery
And the whole man-made white world
Is your master
You in your fancy
Material world
Don't see the links of chain
Binding blood
Our own ancestors
Are hungry ghosts
Closets so full of bones
They won't close
Call it upward mobility
But you've been sold down the river
Just another form of slavery
And the whole man-made white world
Is your master
You in your fancy
Material world
Don't see the links of chain
Binding
You in your fancy
Material world
Don't see the links of chain
Binding
You in your fancy
Material world
Don't see the links of chain
Binding
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