You try to scream
but terror takes the sound
before you cash it.
Haha.
The oil man came to town
on a water truck, said he had the tanks sealed
oil leaked, now he fucked the water up, oh lawd
when I see that green truck
throat burnin, hopes up
now crushed caused they fucked the water up
I'm standing in line with the black-faced, pale skinned
bodies shakin' like dead leaves in this water line
B couldn't foot the bill so now they pay us with this life line
Clean water
More valuable than the billions you can barter
Mr. Obama bitchslap 'em but the Man held his hand
this is the best of the plan, but the plan's flawed
couldn't leave my homeland of New Orleans
so I'm livin in the muck with my kinfolk
Look down the line
I'm starin in iodine colored eyes
my baby holdin a pelican doll
brown feathers gone blackened
cracked lips water sensin
now tremblin' at the lack of a drink
ahead and behind grown men cryin'
grannies dyin'
this city is a cemetery
sufferin' the five year curses
the five year dooms
the 4 year terms
the red-tape blues
Woe is me and woebegon
woebegotten
alive, but body rottin and rotten
in the city that forgot to care
in the city that care forgot
take heed to we the misbegotten
Fuck this line.
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