lirik lagu sunset laws – david rovics
you wanna understand what happens today
you gotta know how things got this way
so let’s back up from the present date
and examine the history of a state
as with the rest of this stolen land
mass murder is how it began
from the first days of the territory
only white men could own property
and to them the land was given for free
from wallowa to the pacific sea
taken by force and then handed out
leaving no room for the slightest doubt
that a white homeland was the intent
and to make it certain just what that meant
signs were posted that clearly read
leave by dusk or end up dead
best get out of town before the sun goes down
because if you’re not white that’s probable cause
here in the land of the sunset laws
the oregon territory’s constitution
explained the methods of exclusion
it wasn’t subtle – it was all too clear
nonwhite people not welcome here
and when oregon joined the usa
it entered the union with laws this way
salem could fine and lash and k!ll
to enforce the white land’s will
best get out of town before the sun goes down
because if you’re not white that’s probable cause
here in the land of the sunset laws
after the war of gray and blue
exclusion laws were passed anew
they weren’t repealed for sixty more years
after the klansman rule of walter pierce
it feels a lot like nothing’s changed
looks a lot like a firing range
who owns the land, who keeps the order
from portland to the california border
best get out of town before the sun goes down
because if you’re not white that’s probable cause
here in the land of the sunset laws
lirik lagu lainnya :
- kumpulan lirik lagu ari pop › lirik lagu murderer – ari (pop)
- kumpulan lirik lagu nik tendo › lirik lagu tempo – nik tendo
- kumpulan lirik lagu vechnoumirayushchiy вечноумирающий › lirik lagu 0% ч.с.в. (0% c.s.v.) – vechnoumirayushchiy (вечноумирающий)
- kumpulan lirik lagu mogein › lirik lagu lei vuole – mogein
- kumpulan lirik lagu ryan tarbutton › lirik lagu filling in the blanks – ryan tarbutton
- kumpulan lirik lagu razvan mitroi › lirik lagu don’t wanna fight it – razvan mitroi
- kumpulan lirik lagu aamberrr › lirik lagu bitchfit – aamberrr
- kumpulan lirik lagu claudia isaki › lirik lagu even when it’s grey (electric) – claudia isaki
- kumpulan lirik lagu lewis housden › lirik lagu bad luck – lewis housden
- kumpulan lirik lagu lil horty › lirik lagu been doin’ this – lil $horty