Stolen Life

歌詞

Wake up in the morning go to work Fire up the truck and drive to Sonoma Hop on the forklift and load up the truck with 10,000 pounds of newspapers 10,000 pounds of racist, classist lies Drive the truck back to Santa Rosa Get the newspapers in the recycle So the rich white man Can print up the same batch of lies again and again Like "it's too bad the cops had to that man, but he had a broomstick And he was asian And we all know they're all Kung Fu masters. Samurai warriors, they're all just like Jackie Chan It's too bad they had to restrain his wife, Cuz she was a registered nurse and she tried to save his life That goes against regulations, We'll just chalk it up to a bad night. We're so proud our boys in blue Cuz they always do what's right" I saw Aylene today I saw her children play, in the front yard The thought occurred to me, how does a mother Tell her children their daddy got killed by the police Wake up in the morning go to work Fire up the truck and drive to Sonoma Hop on the forklift and load up the truck with 10,000 pounds of newspapers 10,000 pounds of racist, classist lies Drive the truck back to Santa Rosa Get the newspapers in the recycle So the rich white man Can print up the same batch of lies again and again Like, "It's too bad the cops had to kill that kid But someone called in a stolen walkman The cops had to chase him down But he refused to lie face down on the ground He just walked away, the cops said His black skin walked away into the black night So I had to shoot him in the back of the head from 50 feet away I had to kill him it was self defense I was afraid he would circle back around behind and kill me" I saw Cornelius speak today, at Hayward Bart About how his son's life was stolen away Over a walkman that wasn't worth more than change How does a father find justice for a son stolen away I don't want to hear your newscast anymore, it's bullshit I don't want to see your headlines anymore, cuz they're bullshit I don't want to hear your press release anymore, cuz it's bullshit I don't want to hear your police report anymore, cuz it's bull shit