Sons And Daughters - The Neville Brothers

[00:00.0]Sons And Daughters - The Neville Brothers
[00:14.37]Young man on his way home from the market
[00:20.24]Just enjoying a beautiful afternoon
[00:25.1]Gets kind of dark sun just set
[00:32.21]There's these other young men standing
[00:34.71]On the corner nothing to do just hangin' around
[00:42.92]They're passing out their weapons to each other
[00:47.69]Brass knuckles pipes chains half a bricks
[00:58.48]Broken bottles switchblades
[01:05.55]Young man lands in jail for some crime he did not commit
[01:12.99]352 years hard labor in Angola prison 352 years at hard labor
[01:22.93]Sleepless nights between sugar cane and cotton
[01:29.26]It's where he learns the ropes and pays with his soul
[01:34.09]For some crime he did not commit
[01:41.95]We think we're safe at home with our bumper stickers saying just say no
[01:48.61]We give up a few freedoms here and there in the name of a
[01:53.6]Squeaky clean America
[01:56.240005]Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical
[02:00.46]Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical
[02:05.23]Screaming for blood and justice
[02:06.94]Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical
[02:11.14]Screaming for blood and justice
[02:15.36]They show us the faces of hatred over and over a new one every
[02:19.55]Week
[02:22.38]Could be Manuel Noriega
[02:25.0]Could be the ayatollah
[02:27.23]Any old scapegoat I'll do
[02:30.72]The young man will be our sacrificial lamb
[02:35.56]Prochoice no choice
[02:37.82]We're sending our sons and daughters to their slaughter
[02:42.14]Prochoice no choice
[02:45.77]Slogans mean nothing
[02:48.19]To a young man facing 352 years hard labor in Angola
[02:54.86]For a crime he did not commit
[03:00.79]It's freedom of speech as long as you don't say too much
[03:09.58]You can't stop running water
[03:15.51]You can't kill the fire that burns inside
[03:19.78]Don't deny our flesh and blood
[03:23.98]And don't forsake our sons and daughters
[03:28.33]You can't stop running water
[03:38.19]You can't kill the fire that burns inside
[03:47.5]Don't deny our flesh and blood
[03:57.32]Don't forsake our sons and daughters
[04:06.09]It's freedom of speech as long as you don't say too much
[04:13.79]I think we're all runnin' thinkin' that we can hide
[04:19.78]I think we're runnin' tryin' to get away
[04:24.8]But sooner or later we gonna realize
[04:28.91]We gonna meet up with the truth face to face