Testo Smiling Black Faces - Rain Machine
Testo della canzone Smiling Black Faces (Rain Machine), tratta dall'album Rain Machine
I see a slow genocide
Bodies strung like tanning hides
On the flag covered babies
And in the mirror, love
I see another son
I will try hard to smile back at me
It's no burnt cork affair
It's no undo despair
I know a jar that's marked
And I know a grief
And I know a slave name
And I know a cold shame
And I know a crying in disbelief
And I see a porno star
Loaded on alcohol
And I see a rolling stone
And I see a creep
Coming to on my knees
Empty hands full of all I will keep
Smiling black faces
Can anyone see
There's anything radical
In wanting to be
And on his wedding day
They took Sean Bell away
Cops let their bullets spray
In the same city where I am a man
And when the gavel fell
Over that bloody hell
Everyone walked away
No one even got canned
This nation's compromised
Just shrugged and turned its eyes
Some maybe shook their heads and muttered
"What a shame"
But his body's
My body's
Your body's
Could die in pain
Smiling black faces
Is anyone free?
Is anything radical
In wanting to be?
I see love breaking through
Oh, right through the face of the coup
Time to heed Nelson's call
Not to let self stay small
I know we can conquer all of this bullshit
If we know where we stand
Square on the side of love
Know how to arm a dove
I know I want to sing
So I know I can
And if there is joys to come
If there is moving on
If there is love abounding
Let it sustain
A cuckoo brown baby
With my last name
Black baby with my last name
I can see smiling black faces
I can see smiling black faces
I can see shining black faces
Keeping their teeth
Saying "Fuck grief"
What a release
Credits
Writer(s): David Kyp Joel Malone
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