Lyrics
Wake up in the morning go to work
Beginning of the day, starting work routine
Fire up the truck and drive to Sonoma
Driving to Sonoma
Hop on the forklift and load up the truck with 10,000 pounds of newspapers
Using a forklift to load truck with newspapers
10,000 pounds of racist, classist lies
Expressing disdain for biased and false content in newspapers
Drive the truck back to Santa Rosa
Returning to Santa Rosa with the loaded truck
Get the newspapers in the recycle
Disposing of newspapers for recycling
So the rich white man
Referring to a wealthy white individual
Can print up the same batch of lies again and again
Commenting on the repetition of biased stories by the rich
Like "it's too bad the cops had to that man, but he had a broomstick
Quoting a dismissive attitude towards police brutality
And he was asian
Reflecting racial stereotypes about Asians and martial arts
And we all know they're all Kung Fu masters.
Mocking stereotypes about Asians
Samurai warriors, they're all just like Jackie Chan
Continuing mockery of stereotypes about martial arts
It's too bad they had to restrain his wife,
Expressing regret about restraining the wife of a victim
'cause she was a registered nurse and she tried to save his life
Explaining the victim's wife was a nurse trying to save him
That goes against regulations, We'll just chalk it up to a bad night.
Criticizing the disregard for regulations in the situation
We're so proud our boys in blue
Sarcastically praising law enforcement
'cause they always do what's right"
Mocking blind support for the police
I saw Aylene today
Mentioning a person named Aylene
I saw her children play, in the front yard
Observing Aylene's children playing in the front yard
The thought occurred to me, how does a mother
Questioning how a mother informs her children about their father's death
Tell her children their daddy got killed by the police
Continuation of the theme of police violence affecting families
Wake up in the morning go to work
Repetition of the morning routine
Fire up the truck and drive to Sonoma
Repeating the process of driving to Sonoma
Hop on the forklift and load up the truck with 10,000 pounds of newspapers
Repeating the loading of newspapers onto the truck
10,000 pounds of racist, classist lies
Reiteration of disdain for biased and false content in newspapers
Drive the truck back to Santa Rosa Get the newspapers in the recycle
Repeating the return to Santa Rosa and recycling newspapers
So the rich white man
Reiteration of the role of a wealthy white man in media
Can print up the same batch of lies again and again
Repeating the criticism of perpetuating biased stories
Like, "It's too bad the cops had to kill that kid
Quoting a dismissive attitude towards another case of police violence
But someone called in a stolen walkman
Describing a questionable reason for police action
The cops had to chase him down
Explaining the police pursuit of a person with a stolen walkman
But he refused to lie face down on the ground
Describing the refusal to comply with police orders
He just walked away, the cops said
Reporting the person walking away from the police
His black skin walked away into the black night
Emphasizing the racial aspect of the incident
So I had to shoot him in the back of the head from 50 feet away
Describing an unjustified police shooting
I had to kill him it was self defense
Claiming self-defense as a justification for the shooting
I was afraid he would circle back around behind and kill me"
Expressing fear as a justification for the shooting
I saw Cornelius speak today, at Hayward Bart
Mentioning Cornelius and his speech at Hayward Bart
About how his son's life was stolen away
Describing Cornelius's grief over his son's unjust death
Over a walkman that wasn't worth more than change
Questioning the value of a life taken over a small item
How does a father find justice for a son stolen away
Pondering how a father seeks justice for a wrongfully killed son
I don't want to hear your newscast anymore, it's bullshit
Rejecting mainstream news as untrustworthy
I don't want to see your headlines anymore, 'cause they're bullshit
Rejecting headlines as misleading and unreliable
I don't want to hear your press release anymore, 'cause it's bullshit
Rejecting official statements as untruthful
I don't want to hear your police report anymore, 'cause it's bull shit
Rejecting police reports as dishonest
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