Blood On Your Bootheels
(专辑: I Will Not Be Afraid - 2014)
We jump 'round the
ring, and we loosen your reigns I
heard the
man was roaming free, now he's living in chains Woah wo, everywhere I
got the
world in tow No matter where I
turn I
got to carry its load Well Shoeshine Brother thinks I'm so naive; Looking at me thinking I
got something hidden up my sleeve No, Sirree, I'm cool as can be; I
got no money, but I'm always feeling free, free, free So what you think you're doin'; who do you think you are? Drinking bottles of whiskey, smoking Cuban cigars; Think if you act like a
man, you can alter this wheel; You can make it in this world without that blood on your bootheels Well get your head right, a-put your keys up on the
table While they polishing their pistols And they're staring out the
windows Wondering who's a
coming down my gate Hey, pick a
side, Love, tie your boots up And then get your ass in line Well see them swirlers got the
bub It's a
wonder that they'll ever see the
light of day With people like you walking on the
street If police were policing then I
probably wouldn't Have to follow him every step of his feet They look me in the
eye, and they look me in the
face And they review my fate, say my name raise your name Son grab your gun and run, ah, you got no appeal; You can make it in this world without that blood on your bootheels I
have a
dream too; you think I
ain't got dreams? When I
close my eyes and sleep, only thing I
can believe in: My religion I
envision murdering everything living When I'm cooking up my goddamn future in the
kitchen What makes you all my favorite mess A
vision of a
blackened head bent over a
fence; Took a
beating to his head, forty bullets to his chest; Now with one hand on the
bible, claimed it was in self-defense I
read all those books, yeah I
seen all them films I
bet you got a
pretty degree up in your window sill Well leave me out of it; people like me don't live to feel We can make it in this world without that blood on our bootheels