Southbound 280-Mike Park

[ti:Southbound 280] [ar:Mike Park] [al:For The Love Of Music] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Southbound 280 - Mike Park [00:21.23]Southbound 280 I travel towards Race St [00:26.40]Traffic keeps me from the church [00:28.79]Where I plan to play games with others [00:32.95]Whose names I can't follow [00:34.47]But faces stick to me [00:37.31]Stronger then rice does that mom made when I was in school [00:42.38]Back to the church that is sitting on Race St [00:46.52]I wait to play games with 9 others [00:48.94] [00:50.27]A game that we learned as young children [00:53.48]But products have taught us [00:55.21]That winning is better then fun as young children [01:00.38]And scuffling wins in the end [01:04.15] [01:32.74]Play nice [01:34.35]The teacher in school gave us instructions [01:37.61]But children grow up to be cowboys [01:41.01]Who like to watch cattle be tortured for fun entertainment [01:46.03]On this day a game turns to fighting a black man [01:51.19]Landing on my upper lip [01:55.22] [02:23.56]Formed from some tissue [02:25.65]I still feel a lump from where fist turns to a weapon [02:30.03]On this day I wonder how fighting wins [02:33.65]Over a peace train [02:36.03]A song with a vision much stronger [02:39.32]Than my will could ask for [02:42.16]Lying here useless on this day [02:45.63]Where skies are much bluer than oceans [02:49.07]And mountains are closer than most things [02:52.47]But I choose a blanket of warmth and a screen [02:56.63]That could never fight back my thoughts are [03:00.25]Including the church that is sitting on Race St today