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Standing against the odds to take back what they took
Some fight with stones, some fight with guns
But instead I choose to fight with my pen and my notebook
Nothing for the ninth ward, just more of the same
Wealthy wolves smell the blood of opportunity
Send in the sheep to develop a New Orleans
A new twist for an old division game
New wars, new kings
The pigs came here to take everything
No wars, no kings
We gotta stop the blood-letting
New wars, new kings
The pigs came here to take everything
No wars, no kings
We gotta stop the blood-letting
What about the overcrowded projects where desperation calls?
What about the lack of education and the lack of love?
But most of all:
What about the innocent in rooms with bars and three walls?
Can you tell me, where is the justice in Philly for MOVE and Mr. Jamal?
New wars, new kings
The pigs came here to take everything
No wars, no kings
We gotta stop the blood-letting
New wars, new kings
The pigs came here to take everything
No wars, no kings
We gotta stop the blood-letting
I've read about people found without the copper tokens around their necks
Whose hands you cut off and left bleeding to death
I've read about Hampton's murder by the state while he slept
Our lives are all on trial and you still remain the judge
While the injustice machine stays greased up with innocent blood
No war
No war
No war
No war...
Some fight with stones, some fight with guns
But instead I choose to fight with my pen and my notebook
Nothing for the ninth ward, just more of the same
Wealthy wolves smell the blood of opportunity
Send in the sheep to develop a New Orleans
A new twist for an old division game
The pigs came here to take everything
No wars, no kings
We gotta stop the blood-letting
The pigs came here to take everything
No wars, no kings
We gotta stop the blood-letting
What about the lack of education and the lack of love?
But most of all:
What about the innocent in rooms with bars and three walls?
Can you tell me, where is the justice in Philly for MOVE and Mr. Jamal?
The pigs came here to take everything
No wars, no kings
We gotta stop the blood-letting
The pigs came here to take everything
No wars, no kings
We gotta stop the blood-letting
Whose hands you cut off and left bleeding to death
I've read about Hampton's murder by the state while he slept
Our lives are all on trial and you still remain the judge
While the injustice machine stays greased up with innocent blood
No war
No war
No war...
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Can some american please clearify some content of this song?
for instance:
"Nothing for the ninth ward, just more of the same." "Send in the sheep to develop a New Orleans. A new twist for an old division game" "overcrowded projects where desperation calls?" "innocent in rooms with bars and three walls?" "While the Injustive machine satys greased up with innocent blood."
And who are the "new kings" actually?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE
Okay, so here's what I know... The Ninth Ward was the segregated black neighborhood in New Orleans that had been forgotten or ignored by the white politicians in the area; it was also destroyed by Hurricane Katrina when the levees broke. Levees that the government knew were not up to par. Last I checked, many of the destroyed, poorer neighborhoods in New Orleans were being zoned to put in expensive condos and basically not let the traditionally black city return to its roots.
Okay, so here's what I know... The Ninth Ward was the segregated black neighborhood in New Orleans that had been forgotten or ignored by the white politicians in the area; it was also destroyed by Hurricane Katrina when the levees broke. Levees that the government knew were not up to par. Last I checked, many of the destroyed, poorer neighborhoods in New Orleans were being zoned to put in expensive condos and basically not let the traditionally black city return to its roots.
"Overcrowded projects:" In the 1950s, America experienced an exodus of middle class white citizens out of the...
"Overcrowded projects:" In the 1950s, America experienced an exodus of middle class white citizens out of the cities and into suburbs. This left cities without much tax revenue. In order to help the cities recover, the federal government built housing projects (big, ugly, apartment buildings) to provide cheap housing for urban families (mostly people of color). They neglected to build grocery stores, hospitals, or provide other necessary services (schools, police, hospitals), or access to employment, so the urban housing projects were quickly degraded to poverty and crime-laden neighborhoods. They've been that way for 50 years now.
"Innocent in rooms with bars and three walls:" Prison cells for mostly people of color who were unfairly convicted of crimes based on their race.
New kings: I'll take a guess and assume it's the currant wave of politicians interlaced with corporate lobbying interests and the military-industrial complex.