Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Between Jesus and Huey P. Newton
while ya scootin'
On the horn gonna warn
So I stab the beast belly
while the vulture snores
Verse 2
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Let it blow with convulsive force
Till walls fall off their false supports
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Till Jericho's aircraft
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And all brave young Americans
are called ashore
they keep wagin'
Splattering the streets in battles
that keep ragin'
Bloodyin' each page of the story
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keep changin'
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[Chorus:]
Saying the same things over again
We've been all over the globe on
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Leavin' man woman and child
dead bloody and numb
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Saying the same things over again
don't know where we've been
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We've been overthrowing leaders
with legitimate views
Democratically elected
Verse 4
but we didn't approve
Fears uncontrolled just swoll the tide
Of blood in the streets
I'ma keep on tryin'
Longs as suffering's multiplyin'
And why not
Souls get tossed and left out to rot
My backs broad enough
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to help left your cross
As long as you help with mine
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The process of healing will take some time
To see the pain on your face
one more time
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As long as it takes I'll say it one more time
As long as it takes I'll say
Verse 5
We need money for health-care and and
public welfare
Free mumia and Leonard peltier
We say yes to grassroots organization
Bring the troops back to the USA
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And shut down Guantanamo Bay
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The same things over again
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My throat's so sore from shoutin'
Lookin' for cloud cover when the
explosions begin
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you where
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We've been all over the globe
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Iran to Nicaragua
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Guatamala Angola grenada
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Dominican republic Haiti chile
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It don't stop and it won't stop
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unless we keep say
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Verse 6
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Who let'em overthrow
Jacobo Arbenz
Who let'em overthrow Mohammad
Mosaddeq
Who let'em assassinate Salvador Allende
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I didn't let them but they did it anyway
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Who let'em overthrow
Kwame Nkrumah
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Who let'em overthrow Aristide
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Who let'em assassinate Oscar Romero
I didn't let'em but they did indeed!
Verse 7
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Bring back Martin,, Malcolm, Medgar, Hampton,
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Goodman, Schwerner, Chaney
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