Michael Franti

Oh My God
[Chorus]Oh-my, oh-my God!Out here mama they got us livin' suicideSingin' oh-my, oh-my God!Out here mama they got us livin' genocide Slam bam I come unseenBut like gasoline you can tell I'm in the tankLike money in the bankI smell appealing, but I'm toxic, can send ya reelingWithout an inklin', keep ya thinkin''cause you gave cash to the feds, left your school district for deadFucked you up in the head, but still they sayin' nothin's wrongSellin' firewater but outlawing the bongStill believing the system is workin'While half of my people are still outta workin'Anonymous notes left in the pockets and coatsOf judges and juries from 'Frisco to JerseyThreats and protests politicians mob debtsTrumped up charges and phoney arrestsStage a lethal injection, the night before the election'cause he got donations from the prison guard's union[Chorus]Listen in to my stethoscope on a ropeSongtexteInternational lullabies, human criesThumps and silence, the language of violenceAlgorithmic, cataclysmic, seismic, biorhythmicYou can make a life longer, but you can't save itYou can make a clone an then you try to enslave it?Stealin' DNA samples from the onbornAnd then you comin' after us'cause we sampled a James Brown horn?Scientists who's God is progressA four-headed sheep is their latest projectThe CIA runnin' like that Jones from IndianaBut they still won't talk about that (Jim) Jones (People's Temple mass suicide) in GuyanaThis ain't no cartoonNo one slips on bananasDo you really think that that car killed DianaHell I shot Ronald Reagan, I shot JFK,I slept with Marilyn (Monroe) she sung me happy birthdaySingin'[Chorus]Well politicians got lipstick on the collarThe whole media started to hollerBut I don't give a fuck who they screwin' in privateI want to know who they screwin' in publicRobbin', cheatin', stealin'White collar criminalMcDonald eatin', you deserve a beatin'Send you home a weepin', with a fat bill for yourCaribbean weekendFor just about anything they can bust usFalse advertising sayin' "halls of Justice''You tellin' the youth don't be so violentThen you drop bombs on every single continentMandatory minimum sentencin''cause he got caught with a pocket fulla medicineDo that again another ten up in the penI feel so mad I want to bomb an institutionSingin'[Chorus] Aus Songtexte Mania