She was born in New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

Branded with the name, Lisa SawyerCirca 1963

Grandmother was Indian, Indian

Her mother′s name is Eartha

Swift as the wind, fierce as fire

Father's name was Victor

Worked two jobs to provide for his flock

She was the youngest of seven

Seven

She grew up on Luisa Street

Chaos around, put aside cozy

Small but a mansion in her eyes

Eyes, eyes

Mansion

Never had much money, money

But was filthy rich

The wealth you couldn′t get

From a dark casino or a lottery ticket

They had love, love, love

Rich in love

She had the complexion of

The complexion of a sweet praline

Hair long as the sea

Heart warm like the Louisiana sun

Voice like a symphony of the most beautiful instruments, woah

Beautiful

At the age of sixteen, sixteen, she found

Christ at an alter all along he was calling her name

The gas was smoking from an old wrinkled mane, mane, mane

Gas, woah

She was born in New Orleans

She was born in New Orleans

She was born in New Orleans

New Orleans