Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Freddie Gray Blues, artist - Kevin Devine. Date of issue: 20.10.2016
Song language: English
Freddie Gray Blues |
| I’m talking Freddie Gray blues |
| I’m talking what happened to you |
| You were just 25 |
| When they ended your life |
| When «to serve & protect» |
| Meant break your leg, snap your neck |
| Meant to kill you, to sever your spine |
| No matter what, there’s no good reason why |
| When I’m talking these killer cop blues |
| I’m kinda talking my family to you |
| See, my dad was a cop |
| And his dad was a cop |
| And my uncles were cops |
| And my cousins were cops |
| I’m partly here because of cops |
| And I love all those cops |
| And I know not every cop |
| Is a racist, murdering cop |
| But this is bigger than the people I love |
| The system’s broken |
| Not breaking |
| It’s done |
| I’m talking white privilege blues |
| I’m talking confession to you |
| I don’t know what it’s like |
| To be afraid all my life |
| Looking over my shoulder |
| Behind each officer, a coroner |
| Entrenched inequality |
| No access, no empathy |
| Crushed in stacked decks |
| Institutions & death |
| This is not my reality |
| I’m afforded the luxury |
| Of shaking my head |
| I shut the screen, go to bed |
| I can turn off what you never can |
| And watch it happen again and again (and again and again and again and again, |
| and again) |
| I’m talking Freddie Gray blues |
| I’m talking Freddie Gray blues |