Down in old Savannah
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Shots ran through the night
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Man lies pistol whipped in the corner
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A cop crumbles in the streakin¡¯ light
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Now they see me molly hopkins over the hay stack now
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See me swimming with a bow laid down
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Detective man he'd do what he got to do
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When a black man shoot a white man down
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Oh they want retribution
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Don't like trouble of this kind
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They round up all the witnesses and suspects
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And accused them of lesser crimes
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Now they see me molly hopkins over the hay stack now
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See me swimming with a bow laid down
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Detective man he'd do what he got to do
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When a black man shoot a white man down
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So now he call it up medium choices
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Tell her we need a menace ye
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And im about to be killed by the State of Georgia
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And it don¡¯t matter if I'm hid or safe
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This is why gone middle city got it wrong
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Just the trying that you not please to call
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Mhmmmmm jumpin¡¯ jehosephat
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Where you gonna turn
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The system has gone and failed you
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And it¡¯ll fail the next hangbird
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All I'm askin is for a true day in court
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After 19 years on the death row bed
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7 of 9 say they gave false witness at the time
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But the judge he still wants me dead
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Cause there was no physical weapon
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No murder evidence
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No appeal no clemency
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Judge said willin¡¯ I was only fit for killin¡¯
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Not worthy to believe in God
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Or him in me
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Whoa and my body temper rose
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Noone ever seems to know
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It¡¯s only a black hole of expediency
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And I'm about to be killed by the State of Georgia
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And it don¡¯t look good for me
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And I'm about to be killed
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State of Georgia
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