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Hi, Doc
Hey Fish, what are you doin'?
If you don't mind we're gonna record this
Is that cool?Oh, that's cooler'n hell
Hell yeah, 52's biggest dream man
You know his biggest dream was
Me and him go party with youOn the trail of torn out twisters
Two angels on a mission came
Dust devils danced before them
In the path of the hurricaneOn the road to Oklahoma
Through the flatlands from L.A.
From the shadows in the valley
From a country where the lizards playWhile they drove they kept the radio on
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I don't think soA man stands behind his shadow
A man stands behind his words
These men are together with family
To defend their rights in another man's worldMost people stood against them
Most people disagreed
With the need for all those weapons
In our safe, secure societyPaint the words and the pictures on another man's skin
We are lovers, warriors, magician kingsBrother 52
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Well, I don't think so, don't think soFuckin' brilliant, man
Okay, here's what happened52 barred the door shut from the inside
A gunfight started on the front porch
52 shot backYou know they come into his home with it
So he's protecting himself
The guy inside the house blew his brains outYeah, they made it look like he killed himself
But no one believes he would
'Cause he's not that kind of man, that's allI think, he wasn't afraid of death
You know, he believed in something to die for
That's what he didSome say he had it coming
Others say he was sole to blame
But who says they've got the rights
If any at all to blow the brothers awayA man got a right to wonder
A man got a right to dream
Without looking over his shoulder
To choose the manner of the life he leadsOne man's thoughts on another man's skin
We are lovers, warriors, magician kingsBrother 52
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Well, I don't think soTattoo, tattoo, tattoo, tattoo
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We don't think soTattoo, tattoo, tattoo, tattoo
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I don't think soWhat they have done
Was they've come in and murdered him
For his bombs and his ammunitionJust like that Waco Texas
Or any of these other things
Over here in the United StatesAnybody that's stockpiling firearms and ammunitions
Is a threat to the government
So the government wages war against usThey tortured him, he went out
But I'm sure he stood up
Like he was supposed to, you know?They smashed all the rings
Shut on his fingers with a hammer
It was all an orchestrated plan, manThe more the closer I was getting to it to the truth
The more they got everybody looking at me
As being the guy that pulled the triggerAnd what they did when they killed 52
Is they broke the whole family up
That's exactly what they wanted to do
They wanted to break all of us up
Songwriters
DICK, DEREK WILLIAM/WILSON, STEVENPublished by
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