Gun

Brother man nowadays livin' in the ghetto Where the dangers sure enough real Well when he's out late at night If he's got his head on right I lay you 9 to 5 he's walking with steel Brother man says he's 'fraid of gangsters Messing with people just for fun He said, he don't want to be next He's got a family to protect So just last week he bought himself a gun Everybody got a pistol Everybody got a .45 And the philosophy seem to be At least as near as I can see When other folks give up theirs, I'll give up mine This is a violent civilization If civilization's where I am 'Cause every channel that I stop on Got a different kind of cop on Killing them by the million for Uncle Sam But Saturday night just ain't that special Yeah, I got the constitution on the run Yeah, 'cause even though we've got the right To defend our home, to defend our life You got to understand to get it in hand about the guns 'Cause everybody's got a pistol Everybody got a .45 The philosophy seems to be At least as near as I can see When the other folks give up, give up, give up I'll give up, I'll give up, say Saturday night just ain't that special Freedom to be afraid is all you want Yes if you don't want to be next I have a family to protect Nine out of ten, you've got a friend, you've got a gun Everybody got a pistol Everybody got a .45 And the philosophy seems to be At least as near as I can see When the other folks give up theirs, I'll give up mine And everybody got a pistol This must be the NRA Yeah, 'cause when it's time to stand up You know damn where they're gonna end up Everybody, everybody Say where now dip, I want you to understand And the philosophy seem to be At least as near as I can see When the other folks give up theirs, I'll give up mine Thank you Thank you Among, among other things, uh I'm a piano player, a little bit I am a singer, a little bit I write songs a little bit Well I'm also a father, a great deal So a long time ago we did an album called pieces of a man And on pieces of a man we did songs about tomorrow And tomorrow, of course belong to our children So for my children, for your children, for the children you will have And the children they will have Here's a song called Save the children