V1
You followed every rule but you don't get far
Night is when you move only seen by stars
Colored in the lines but the ink got marred
Violence in your past that you can't get past, but
holding onto shadows only blackens your heart
Hook
Don't point over there
it's because you never like what you see in the mirror
You're missing your crown
in the day you're just a man
but when the sun goes down
V2
Fingers in the ground digging up from your grave
Friendly people showing you the pictures you saved, but
you never did that, said you must've been framed
Picking broken glass from the street that they paved
Carving out a new new name in the flesh you was gave
Hook
credits
from The Second Transgression,
released December 21, 2012
Music and lyrics - Babatunde Olaniran
Vox - Babatunde Olaniran
Guitar - John Bishop
Bass guitar - Jordan Sneller
Listening to this a few years on, Chapter 319 feels almost melancholic, a reminder of the time where police abolition had nearly mainstream appeal. The tracks still make me furious at the bullshit cops continue to get away with. dninemfive
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