Boonaa Mohammed - Dead Time lyrics
[Boonaa Mohammed - Dead Time lyrics]
It feels like they're all laughing at me
Making dumb jokes while folks with
No hope sit desperately waiting
Whispering to one another
About the well-being
Of our cousins and brothers
While on the other side
The vibe is strictly business
"You know, I went to
The cottage last weekend
And my dog Spencer did the
Absolute cutest thing ever"
Cooler talk, food for thought
We get caught and fools defend us
Tremendous, absolutеly stupendous
What a stupid system they havе created for us
The room is split up, guilty and black is one
White and in charge is the other one
Legal aid is the paid Harriet Tubman
Working for my kin negotiating freedom
"They'll offer five we'll say three
And settle for four"
I'm beginning to think that they
Have all done this before
The court room rises and sit's back down
Friends introduce themselves as defense
And the crown
Charges are read, laughing and smiling
The feds are the only thugs big
Enough to rock blue and red
Five counts of robbery, two counts of assault
Luckily the sixth count of
Robbery never really stuck mother is pacing
Heart is beating out of her chest
She hasn't seen her baby since
The weekend before last
He said he didn't do it
But she doesn't know what to believe
The third time in three months
Why does this only happen to we?
He looks like just any other Tyrone
Clothes scruff with hair just
Begging to be combed
Translators translate legal jargon into
His mother's tongue
Meaningless words that are designed to
Make my people seem dumb
But some paperwork is missing
So the lawyers don't know what to do
They suggest of recess but
Will reconvene at two
Like we have nothing else better to do
Than sit around and wait for
These monkeys in suit's
The process gets tons of time
Procedure gets tons of loot
Bureaucrats write the facts but
Give none to truth because the truth is
That crime pays very well
But those getting paid to judge now
Should be judged in hell
Punishment is a multibillion dollar industry
In the streets police help steal the peace
So who's the thief? Who
Defends the defenseless?
Charged for actions or accused for intentions
Don't put me on the stand
That's a waste of time
I fear no one but Allah
Your scare tactics get denied
Look now you've made her cry
Sons bail has been denied
You're only making things worse
By keeping him inside
When and why did lives become big business?
Because you can't be innocent
And have zero cents
Now it's life imprisonment
Before it was just the Lynch
God created mankind
But we decide life or death?
Are you kidding me?
Your democracy is like Swiss cheese
Full of holes and a whole heap of hypocrisy
So excuse me if I don't bow
My head before your queen
I don't know that chick
And she definitely does not know me
Making dumb jokes while folks with
No hope sit desperately waiting
Whispering to one another
About the well-being
Of our cousins and brothers
While on the other side
The vibe is strictly business
"You know, I went to
The cottage last weekend
And my dog Spencer did the
Absolute cutest thing ever"
Cooler talk, food for thought
We get caught and fools defend us
Tremendous, absolutеly stupendous
What a stupid system they havе created for us
The room is split up, guilty and black is one
White and in charge is the other one
Legal aid is the paid Harriet Tubman
Working for my kin negotiating freedom
"They'll offer five we'll say three
And settle for four"
I'm beginning to think that they
Have all done this before
The court room rises and sit's back down
Friends introduce themselves as defense
And the crown
Charges are read, laughing and smiling
The feds are the only thugs big
Enough to rock blue and red
Five counts of robbery, two counts of assault
Luckily the sixth count of
Robbery never really stuck mother is pacing
Heart is beating out of her chest
She hasn't seen her baby since
The weekend before last
He said he didn't do it
But she doesn't know what to believe
The third time in three months
Why does this only happen to we?
He looks like just any other Tyrone
Clothes scruff with hair just
Begging to be combed
Translators translate legal jargon into
His mother's tongue
Meaningless words that are designed to
Make my people seem dumb
But some paperwork is missing
So the lawyers don't know what to do
They suggest of recess but
Will reconvene at two
Like we have nothing else better to do
Than sit around and wait for
These monkeys in suit's
The process gets tons of time
Procedure gets tons of loot
Bureaucrats write the facts but
Give none to truth because the truth is
That crime pays very well
But those getting paid to judge now
Should be judged in hell
Punishment is a multibillion dollar industry
In the streets police help steal the peace
So who's the thief? Who
Defends the defenseless?
Charged for actions or accused for intentions
Don't put me on the stand
That's a waste of time
I fear no one but Allah
Your scare tactics get denied
Look now you've made her cry
Sons bail has been denied
You're only making things worse
By keeping him inside
When and why did lives become big business?
Because you can't be innocent
And have zero cents
Now it's life imprisonment
Before it was just the Lynch
God created mankind
But we decide life or death?
Are you kidding me?
Your democracy is like Swiss cheese
Full of holes and a whole heap of hypocrisy
So excuse me if I don't bow
My head before your queen
I don't know that chick
And she definitely does not know me