Wake up in the morning go to work
Wake up in the morning go to work
I don't wanna hear your newscast anymore, this is bullshit
Fire up the truck and drive to Sonoma
Hop on the forklift and fill up the truck
With 10 000 pounds of newspaper
10 000 pounds of racist, classist lies
Drive the truck back to Santa Rosa
Get the newspaper in the recycle
So the rich white man can print up the same batch of lies
Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again
Like "It's too bad the cops had to kill that man
But he had a broomstick and he was Asian
And we all know they're Samurai warriors, they're all Kung Fu masters
They're all just like Jackie Chan
It's too bad the cops had to restrain his wife
Cause she was a registered nurse
And she tried to save his life
But that would go against rules and regulations
We'll just chalk it up to a bad night
We're so proud of our boys in blue
Cause they always do what's right"
I saw Aylene today
I saw her children play in the front yard
Lately it occured to me
How does a mother tell her children their dad got killed by the police
Fire up the truck and drive to Sonoma
Hop on the forklift and fill up the truck
With 10 000 pounds of newspaper
10 000 pounds of racist, classist lies
Drive the truck back to Santa Rosa
Get the newspaper in the recycle
So the rich white man can print up the same batch of lies
Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again
Like "It's too bad the cops had to kill that kid
But someone called in a stolen walkman
The cops they chased him down but he refused to lie face on the ground
He just walked away
The cops said his black skin walked away into the black night
So I had to shoot him in the back of the head from 50 feet away
I had to kill him, it was self defense
I was afraid he would circle back around and kill me"
I saw Cornelius speak today at the Hayward Bart
About how the police stole his son's life away
Over a walkman that wasn't worth more than change
How does a father find justice for a son stolen away
I don't see your headlines anymore, this is bullshit
I don't wanna hear your press release anymore, this is bullshit
I don't wanna hear your police report anymore, this is bullshit.