He’s drivin on I-20 headin west into Atlanta
ain’t no telling what today may bring
but the time has come for rising / for to howling from the silence
liberate yr voice & let your soul go free
In the backseat sits his daughter / all pure & innocence and wonder
but today she’ll know the burden that she wears
For in every generation the curtain it is lowered
and the faults in our foundation are laid bare
*Tin soldiers and Trump is coming/ it’s all he ever wanted to be
oh my darlin I can’t protect you… but march along, stay real close to me
She said “Why is it that they hate us? Don’t they lust after our women?
They sing our songs and cheer us from the stands”
He said ‘We fought in all the battles / picked their cotton in the country
we are the fuel, the used machines that built this land
Still we hoped for recognition/ for a seat at their long table
overflowing with the bounty of our vines
Suffered the yoke of subjugation / now we’ll bring progress to the nation
or we’ll be comin for blood and vengeance next time
*Tin soldiers and Trump is coming/ it’s all he ever wanted to be
oh my darlin I can’t protect you… but march along, stay right next to me
Then she looked up at the mountain
3 ghostly white men ridin horses / hats upon their breast they lead the cavalry
with their flags and their gardens / monuments and institutions
it’s time to break the chains that keep us less than free
In my chest my heart is pounding / on my brow the sweat is pooling
Oh the soldiers with their guns and humvees
But I’ll put one foot after another / shout out the names of the fallen
March toward a just tomorrow righteously / march toward a just tomorrow righteously
Call out the names Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Arbery
call out their names Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Laquan McDonald, Botham Jean, Oscar Grant, Michael Brown
call out the names Atatiana, Korryn Gaines, Janisha Fonville, Pearlie Golden, Kayla Moore, Mya Hall
call out the names Eric Harris, Terrence Crutcher, Eric Reason, Junior Prosper, Marco Loud, Philando Castille
call out the names Dante Parker, Alton Sterling, Amadou Diallo, India Kager, Anthony Hill, Tony Green
call out the names Jonathan Ferrell, Stephon Clark, Torrey Robinson, Rayshard Brooks, Edward Wright, Elijah McClain
Call out the names Elmer Clay Newman, Jordan Davis, Gary Hopkins, Walter Wallace, Prince Jones, Sean Bell
Call out the names Aura Rosser, Daunte Wright, Darnesha Harris, Akai Gurley, Daniel Prude, Andrew Hill
Call out the names John Crawford, Walter Scott, Patrick Lyoya, Ezell Ford, Jersey Green, Eula May Love
Call out the names Jimmie Lee Jackson, Lamar Smith, Louis Allen, Medgar Evers, Virgil Ware, Emmett Til
Adam Klein is a singer/songwriter playing folk, folk rock, Americana, and West African Mande-inspired music out of Atlanta via Athens, GA. "Holidays in United States" out 4/7/23 on Cowboy Angel Music!
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