Lyrics Gimme Shelter (with Dianne Reeves) - Angélique Kidjo

Oh, a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get no shelter
I'm gonna fade away

War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
Through our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way

War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

Rape, murder
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

Rape, murder
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

Rape, murder
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

Ooh, the flood is threatening
Our very life today
Gimme (gimme)
Gimme shelter
Or I'm gonna fade away

War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
(It's just a shot away)

Ooh, I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Kiss away, kiss away

Love your brother
Love your sister
Love your neighbour
God is love, oh yea, oh yea