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from FROSH! by Nyle

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In the sixties it was risky for teens
To travel down south and march towards a king’s dream
But those kids knew that if they didn’t fight,
they couldn’t protect their kids from living the same life.
Parents protested, they were used to oppression, and useless aggression
but had too much invested in their kids lives for them to be arrested
beat, bitten, molested, hosed down and abused.
Just to be used for shocking footage viewed on the news.

And in these days, those very same airwaves play,
people powerless against the powers that be
From police brutality to incidental casualties
sending of the calvary to wars based on fallacies.
Fatalities and African infant mortalities
aren’t deducted from the Presidential salaries.

And in these days those very same elderly teens now ask
Does anyone. Does anyone? Have something to say?
In this day and age where revolution’s worn on the sleeve
of a Che Guevara Tee, listening to Talib Kweli
But transgression is more than just a trendy way to rebel
Like race relations is more than just watching Dave Chapelle.
We go down south for the same reasons Jews joined in.
To the Civil Rights Marches on the Mall in Washington
We go to show old folks who wanna pass the torch
That the flame is still burning, and we shall go forth.

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from FROSH!, released January 15, 2007
Sound Effects provided by Parker Reddington

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