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Dawn Richard – Black Crimes (2016) | Track profile | Dork

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Dawn Richard
Redemption
Black Crimes

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Black Crimes

Release date: 18th November 2016

From Redemption

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About This Track

"Black Crimes" is a track by Dawn Richard, from the album Redemption, released 18th November 2016. Full lyrics are available below.

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Dawn Richard

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Lyrics

Black Crimes

[Verse 1]

"Love" crimes, high cost

We're doing time

We're sentenced to life

"Love" crimes, high cost

And we're doing time

When you've lost, and you've lied

You're sentenced to life, to life

True life, loved and loss

[Chorus]

All these "love" crimes

All these "love" crimes

All these "love" crimes

[Verse 2]

They don't realize

This "love" is murder

Bullets, they fly

This is "love" crimes

[Chorus]

This is "love" crimes

This is "love" crimes

This is "love" crimes

[Verse 3]

True hearts, so lost

Broken and denounced

They long to fit

Instead, they're beat up

[Verse 4]

"Love" crimes, high cost

We're doing time

We're sentenced to life

"Love" crimes, high cost

We're doing time

We're sentenced to life

[Interlude]

True hearts, so long

True hearts, so long

True hearts, so long

True hearts, so long

[Outro]

All these "love" crimes

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Track details

From Redemption

2016

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Album

Release year

2016

—Renegades
—LA
—Lilies (Interlude)
—Love Under Lights
—Sands
—Black Crimes
—Vines (Interlude)
—Hey Nikki
—Interim (Interlude)
—Lazarus
—Redemption (Intro)
—Tyrants
—The Louvre
—Voices
—Valhalla (Outro)

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Credits

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Writer: Dawn Richard
Producer: Scott Bruzenak
Graphic Design: Our Place
Mixing Engineer: D Berg
Photography: Rob Daly