Natalie Cole

Released: June 9, 1993

Songwriter: Natalie Cole Naomi Neville Clyde Otis

Producer: André Fischer Tommy LiPuma

Take a look in the mirror
Look at yourself
But don't you look too close
'Cause you just might see the person
That you hate the most

Lord, what's happening to this human race
I can't even see one friendly face
Brothers fight brothers and sisters wink their eyes
While silver tongues bear fruits of poison lies

Take a look at your children born innocent
Every boy and every girl
Denying themselves a real chance
To build a better world, oh!

Dear Lord what's happening to your precious dream
I think it's washing away on a bloody, bloody stream
Yes, take a look at your children before it's too late
And tell them nobody, nobody wins when the prize is hate

Oh, no, no, no, it's not too late
We gotta tell all of our children
That love, love, love is the way

The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Natalie Marie Cole (February 6, 1950-December 31, 2015) was an R&B icon who was primarily active from 1956 until her death in 2015 due to congestive heart failure at age 65. She first rose to success in the mid-‘70s with Inseparable and Natalie and later spawning Grammy-recognized albums like Unforgettable…With Love, which took home Album of the Year.

Cole has nine Grammy Awards out of twenty-one nominations – only a small testament to her legend.

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