Wolfgang Marrow - Lord Black Lungs

Becky says she’s sorry
But she said it with a smile
Said I want my ring back
She pawned it for a dime

Black Lung said, don’t worry
But he said it with a growl
Said I want my life back
But he’s already in me now

So I went down to the coal fields
Traded silver for black lung
No one is born equal
Under the cold African sun

Is you hungry?
Is you poor?
Is you the man we’re praying for?
We heard of you
When we were small
Black Lung knows when we is sore
Condones revenge and keeping score

Stone Age broke the wheel
Guns, germs and steel
The Bronze Age, sugar pills
Hallelujah

Fire pool democracy
My heritage, pornography
Nose cartilage, ticks and fleas
Hallelujah

Privilege, supremacy
My bullshit bad legacy
To blame me is to be free
Hallelujah

Dearly beloved
Were you sent from above?
I was made from snake tooth
And unrequited love

Here, hold my ghost
Here, hold my beer
No one is born equal
No one is born free

Is you hungry?
Is you poor?
Is you the man we’re praying for?
We heard of you
When we were small
Black Lung knows when we is sore
Condones revenge and keeping score

Violent geography
SABC
Our bastard biology
Hallelujah

Darling hypocrisy
This bullshit is killing me
Redemption on ETV
Hallelujah

Settlers' telepathy
Our history sold separately
To blame it is to be free
Hallelujah
Blame it is to be free
Hallelujah
Blame it is to be free
Hallelujah

Written by:
Wolfgang Marrow

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