lirik lagu only a pawn in their game – morrissey
[verse 1]
a bullet from the back of the bush
took medgar evers’ blood
a finger fired the trigger to his name
a handle hid out in the dark
a hand set the spark
behind the man’s brain
but he can’t be blamed
he’s only a p-wn in their game
[verse 2]
a south politician preaches to the poor white man
“you got more than the blacks, don’t complain
you’re better than them, you been born with white skin”, they explain
and the negro’s name
is used, it is plain
for the politician’s gain
as he rises to fame
and the poor white remains
on the caboose of the train
but it ain’t him to blame
he’s only a p-wn in their game
[verse 3]
the deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid
and the marshals and cops get the same
but the poor white man’s used in the hands of them all like a tool
he’s taught in his school
from the start by the rule
that the laws are with him
to protect his white skin
to keep up his hate
so he never thinks straight
about the shape that he’s in
but it ain’t him to blame
he’s only a p-wn in their game
[verse 4]
from the poverty shacks, he looks through the cracks to the tracks
and the hoof beats pound in his brain
and he’s taught how to walk in a pack
shoot in the back
with his fist in a clinch
to hang and to lynch
to hide ‘neath the hood
to k!ll with no pain
like a dog on a chain
he ain’t got no name
but it ain’t him to blame
he’s only a p-wn in their game
[verse 5]
today, medgar evers was buried from the bullet he caught
they lowered him down like a king
but when the shadowy sun sets on the one
who fired the gun
he’ll see by his grave
on the stone that remains
carved next to his name
his epitaph plain
only a p-wn in their game
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- kumpulan lirik lagu og flame › lirik lagu hold me down – og flame
- kumpulan lirik lagu kid semi › lirik lagu on my own – kid semi
- kumpulan lirik lagu a rocket to the moon › lirik lagu while the world let go (bonus track) – a rocket to the moon
- kumpulan lirik lagu elo rodriguez › lirik lagu ciencias sociales – el$o rodríguez
- kumpulan lirik lagu trepac › lirik lagu fatamorgana – trepac
- kumpulan lirik lagu breathe carolina › lirik lagu sellouts (dubstep version) – breathe carolina
- kumpulan lirik lagu triangulo de amor bizarro › lirik lagu o isa – triángulo de amor bizarro
- kumpulan lirik lagu jim crow › lirik lagu that drama (baby’s momma) – jim crow