What It Means-Drive-By Truckers

[ti:What It Means] [ar:Drive-By Truckers] [al:American Band] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.04]What It Means (什么意思) - Drive-By Truckers [00:01.56] [00:22.81]He was running down the street [00:24.91] [00:25.53]When they shot him in his tracks [00:27.68] [00:28.41]About the only thing agreed upon [00:31.71]Is he ain't coming back [00:33.30] [00:34.15]There won't be any trial [00:36.36] [00:36.92]So the air it won't be cleared [00:39.04] [00:39.80]There's just two sides calling names [00:41.96] [00:42.57]Out of anger out of fear [00:44.73] [00:45.44]If you say it wasn't racial [00:48.06]When they shot him in his tracks [00:50.40] [00:51.06]Well I guess that means that you ain't black [00:53.83] [00:54.51]It means that you ain't black [00:55.99] [00:56.64]I mean barack obama won [00:59.51]And you can choose where to eat [01:01.62] [01:02.35]But you don't see too many white kids lying [01:05.68]Bleeding on the street [01:07.20] [01:19.12]In some town in missouri [01:21.24] [01:21.74]But it could be anywhere [01:23.89] [01:24.69]It could be right here on ruth street [01:27.22] [01:27.93]In fact it's happened here [01:29.47] [01:30.14]And it happened where you're sitting [01:32.37] [01:33.17]Wherever that might be [01:35.03] [01:35.61]And it happened last weekend [01:37.86] [01:38.52]And it will happen again next week [01:40.65] [01:41.66]And when they turned him over [01:43.89]They were surprised there was no gun [01:46.14] [01:46.82]I mean he must have done something [01:49.05] [01:49.60]Or else why would he have run [01:51.62] [01:52.42]And they'll spin it for the anchors [01:55.09]On the television screen [01:57.40] [01:57.93]So we can shrug and let it happen [02:00.67]Without asking what it means [02:02.82] [02:03.35]What it means [02:04.56] [02:14.94]What it means [02:18.26] [02:25.67]Then I guess there was protesting [02:28.15]And some looting in some stores [02:30.28] [02:31.20]And someone was reminded that [02:33.75]They ain't called colored folks no more [02:35.69] [02:36.34]I mean we try to be politically [02:38.79] [02:39.33]Correct when we call names [02:41.20] [02:41.77]But what's the point of post racial [02:44.64]When old prejudice remains [02:46.44] [02:47.37]And that guy who killed that kid [02:50.15]Down in florida standing ground [02:52.12] [02:52.70]Is free to beat up on his girlfriend [02:55.47]And wave his brand new gun around [02:57.62] [02:58.23]While some kid is dead and buried [03:00.51] [03:01.32]And laying in the ground [03:02.96] [03:03.58]With a pocket full of skittles [03:05.72] [03:09.27]What it means [03:12.76] [03:52.28]What it means [03:57.61] [04:13.70]Astrophysics at our fingertips [04:16.67]And we're standing at the summit [04:18.95]And some man with a joystick [04:21.70]Lands a rocket on a comet [04:23.73] [04:24.72]We're living in an age [04:26.90]Where limitations are forgotten [04:29.79]The outer edges move and dazzle us [04:32.89]But the core is something rotten [04:35.03]And we're standing on the precipice [04:37.97]Of prejudice and fear [04:39.84] [04:40.47]We trust science just as long [04:42.84]As it tells us what we want to hear [04:45.13] [04:45.68]We want our truths all fair and balanced [04:48.52]As long as our notions lie within it [04:51.03]There's no sunlight in our a**' [04:53.69]And our heads are stuck up in it [04:55.90] [04:56.58]And our heroes may be rapists [04:59.06] [04:59.56]Who watch us while we dream [05:01.23] [05:01.97]But don't look to me for answers [05:04.56]Cuz I don't know what it means [05:06.65] [05:07.34]What it means [05:08.52] [05:18.10]What it means