All Bones Are White

All I know is what they told me Something about you getting paid what you were owed Bet they never looked into your eyes While you could still see through 'em To them you were just another mess on the road Were you pimped out as entertainment For some sick Jim Crowe party? So they could watch you do it dirty And watch you doing it black Guess they were thinking you were just another whore Who'd do anything for money And they took you behind the station and did just that All bones are white (white, white, white) All bones are white (white, white, white) Man, they're just the type to bang you up Against the wall between shifts without thinking And leave you in the garbage, where garbage belongs Then take a long hot shower to get rid of the stink And head on home to the wife and kids And make like Superman all night All bones are white (white, right, wrong) All bones are white (damn, right, wrong) I know they twisted everything But I can't prove it for sure It's all there in black and white In the Bill of Rights or is it whites? 'Cause black's the part they still choose to ignore And they are really serious people They don't bomb churches anymore They use the ballot box But when they found out you were wearing a wire Did they lynch you with your own dreadlocks? Now we're a long way from pointing any fingers 'Cause it's way down deep and it's carved in Confederate stone We're tryna breathe life into a cold case that's getting colder We're tryna breathe life into a cold case that's getting colder We're tryna breathe life into a cold case that's getting colder And I've been advised to leave it alone! Don't leave it alone Never leave it alone Nothing will ever change If you leave it alone All I know is what they told me when they found you (yeah, yeah) And something about me getting paid what I'm owed (yeah, yeah) If I'd looked into your eyes while you could still see through 'em Would you have known? Would you have told me? I was gonna be another mess on the road All bones are white (white, white, white) All bones are white (white, black, white) All bones are white (white, wrong, right) All bones are white (white black, white black, right wrong) Don't leave me alone (don't leave me) Don't leave me alone (never leave me) Don't want any blood and soil Following me home (don't, don't, don't, don't, don't) Don't leave me alone (then leave me) They'll gon' leave me alone (never leave me) Don't want any blood and soil (ooh) Following me home Don't leave me alone