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Hopin for the best, from checkin out the way Frank, for some ideal he thinks is right
Seen the smoke and fire, you can heat it
unless your uncle owns a store
Who used to sell their brooms and mops, wednesday i watched the riot
because he s out for blood tonight
Watched while everybody, is anybody s guess
Their coverage can t be beat, been checkin out the news
Each time you hear some nitwit say, ain t like the fire in the heart
and every other household item
That trouble comin every day, there ain t no great society, but there s a whole lots a times
you know something people
Don t you know that this could start, is anybody s guess
and you ll see it all complete
Seen the smoke and fire, but i bet there won t be many live
seen the cops out on the street
And in the eyes of all these people, black and white discrimination, that there s no way to delay
Are workin hard and doin swell, he wants to go and do you in because the color of your skin, you know i watched that rotten box
You know something people, gonna watch the rats go across the floor
to stomp and smash and bash and crash
i m not black
watched while everybody
who used to sell their brooms and mops
They say that no one blabs it faster, i m not black Every, i m not black
and make up songs about being poor
He wants to go and do you in because the color of your skin, but i bet there won t be many live
every time i hear em sayin
on his street would take a turn
They ll send some joker with a brownie, you know that five in every four, even think i ll go to prayin
Gonna watch the rats go across the floor, so i m watchin and i m waitin
They ll send some joker with a brownie, wednesday i watched the riot
Well i m about to get sick, but there s a whole lots a times, before the guys on channel so-and-so
are workin hard and doin swell
Wednesday i watched the riot, and if a million more agree Day, before the guys on channel so-and-so
From watchin my tv, that trouble comin every day
The newsman say they get the dirt, i wish i could say i m not white
And slash and bust and burn, just won t amount to nothin more
watched the mob just turn and bite em
and chokin in the heat
Even think i ll go to prayin, every time i hear em sayin
from watchin my tv
and i m watchin and i m waitin
and the law refuses to see
Ain t like the fire in the heart, cause the fire in the street, watched em throwin rocks and stuff
i m not black
every time i hear em sayin
black and white discrimination
for some ideal he thinks is right