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So we sent you to camp where the other boys were whiteSo a coach came to our doorstep, oh was he politeA leading program in the country on a full scholarshipNamed for a tobacco family who didn't spare the whipYour mother and I tried to do what was bestYour mother and I tried to do what was bestI remember the cops and the hoses and the dogsI remember the cops and the hoses and the dogsSo we let you play the only native gameSo we told you that this country sees every boy the sameSo we told you to forget all about the past for shameSo we taught you that the silent man's as bad as he who sinsIn a house in the night I hope you never chipped inI've been alive too long to trust genetic testsI've been around too long to believe in just arrestsI grew up knowing separate isn't equal after allBut now you're all, you're all equally at faultYour mother and I tried to do what was bestYour mother and I tried to do what was bestI remember the cops and the hoses and the dogsI remember the cops and the hoses and the dogsSongtexteSo your skin set you free and the white girls show supportThe boys of North Buchannan won't even go to courtBut we're not welcome in the church we rebuilt in '68You share in the disgrace but you'll never be one of themIn a house in the nightMy God she could have been your kinWhat we said Aus Songtexte Mania