Sons And Daughters-The Neville Brothers

[ti:Sons And Daughters] [ar:The Neville Brothers] [al:Brother's Keeper] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sons And Daughters - The Neville Brothers [00:14.37]Young man on his way home from the market [00:16.79] [00:20.24]Just enjoying a beautiful afternoon [00:21.30] [00:25.10]Gets kind of dark sun just set [00:27.79] [00:32.21]There's these other young men standing [00:34.01] [00:34.71]On the corner nothing to do just hangin' around [00:40.13] [00:42.92]They're passing out their weapons to each other [00:45.38] [00:47.69]Brass knuckles pipes chains half a bricks [00:56.00] [00:58.48]Broken bottles switchblades [01:00.91] [01:05.55]Young man lands in jail for some crime he did not commit [01:09.82] [01:12.99]352 years hard labor in Angola prison 352 years at hard labor [01:20.31] [01:22.93]Sleepless nights between sugar cane and cotton [01:27.45] [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 [01:37.30] [01:41.95]We think we're safe at home with our bumper stickers saying just say no [01:47.68] [01:48.61]We give up a few freedoms here and there in the name of a [01:53.60]Squeaky clean America [01:54.50] [01:56.24]Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical [01:59.02] [02:00.46]Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical [02:03.13] [02:05.23]Screaming for blood and justice [02:06.94]Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical [02:09.99] [02:11.14]Screaming for blood and justice [02:12.44] [02:15.36]They show us the faces of hatred over and over a new one every [02:19.55]Week [02:19.74] [02:22.38]Could be Manuel Noriega [02:23.20] [02:25.00]Could be the ayatollah [02:25.74] [02:27.23]Any old scapegoat I'll do [02:28.30] [02:30.72]The young man will be our sacrificial lamb [02:32.49] [02:35.56]Prochoice no choice [02:36.97] [02:37.82]We're sending our sons and daughters to their slaughter [02:41.03] [02:42.14]Prochoice no choice [02:43.68] [02:45.77]Slogans mean nothing [02:46.49] [02:48.19]To a young man facing 352 years hard labor in Angola [02:52.93] [02:54.86]For a crime he did not commit [02:56.59] [03:00.79]It's freedom of speech as long as you don't say too much [03:05.14] [03:09.58]You can't stop running water [03:12.47] [03:15.51]You can't kill the fire that burns inside [03:17.45] [03:19.78]Don't deny our flesh and blood [03:21.14] [03:23.98]And don't forsake our sons and daughters [03:25.85] [03:28.33]You can't stop running water [03:34.02] [03:38.19]You can't kill the fire that burns inside [03:42.71] [03:47.50]Don't deny our flesh and blood [03:53.16] [03:57.32]Don't forsake our sons and daughters [04:02.54] [04:06.09]It's freedom of speech as long as you don't say too much [04:09.15] [04:13.79]I think we're all runnin' thinkin' that we can hide [04:17.44] [04:19.78]I think we're runnin' tryin' to get away [04:21.85] [04:24.80]But sooner or later we gonna realize [04:26.20] [04:28.91]We gonna meet up with the truth face to face