| Dear Marcus
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| I know it’s been hard times
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| Since they made you the victim of this so called crime
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| Kinda snatched you out the game of life, in your prime
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| They already took one
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| We won’t let them take nine
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| Since birth it seems like the deck was stacked against you to fail
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| With your father not there
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| Mom’s in and out of jail
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| But you saw through it all and you chose to excel
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| I can’t see why they chose to lock you in a cell
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| Well I’m prayin' that you’re free by the time you get this
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| Never known a convict with a 3.96
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| GPA, but in rural GA
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| Black boys havin' sex with white girls, no way
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| In any other state? |
| It would have been okay
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| For two high school teens to have sexual relations
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| But at age 15, pssssssst, that’s molestation
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| In the great state of Georgia and I really feel for ya
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| She was only three months away from being sixteen
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| You a few months away from achievin' your dreams
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| All American
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| Played on the football team
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| Accepted into Vanderbilt, a scholar in the making
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| And the jury saw fit to acquit you of the raping
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| After only fifteen minutes of deliberation
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| What’s the state of our nation when the laws ain’t in check?
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| Got you servin' ten years for consentual sex?!
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| I’m perplexed and ashamed at the games that playin'
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| Tryin' to keep a young man from his life and education
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| Not to mention family, you’ve been with since age ten
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| Regardless of your race, they loved you and took you in
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| So let your struggle make you great, don’t let it make you hate
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| Know we won’t stop workin' till we free from them gates
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| Much love and respect, hold your head God bless
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| From the bottom of my heart
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| M-U-R-S |
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song To a Black Boy, artist - Danger Mouse. Album song The Free Design: The Now Sound Redesigned, in the genre Иностранный рок