People Speak, The movie

People Speak, The movie - Only A Pawn In Their Game lyrics

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A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood<br>

A finger fired the trigger to his name<br>

A handle hid out in the dark<br>

A hand set the spark<br>

Two eyes took the aim<br>

Behind a man's brain<br>

But he can't be blamed<br>

He's only a pawn in their game.<br>

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A South politician preaches to the poor white man<br>

"You got more than blacks, don't complain<br>

You're better than them, you been born with white skin" they explain<br>

And the Negro's name<br>

Is used it is plain<br>

For the politician's gain<br>

As he rises to fame<br>

And the poor white remains<br>

On the caboose of the train<br>

But it ain't him to blame<br>

He's only a pawn in their game.<br>

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The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid<br>

And the marshals and cops get the same<br>

But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool<br>

He's taught in his school<br>

From the start by the rule<br>

That the laws are with him<br>

To protect his white skin<br>

To keep up his hate<br>

So he never thinks straight<br>

'Bout the shape that he's in<br>

But it ain't him to blame<br>

He's only a pawn in their game.<br>

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From the powerty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks<br>

And the hoof beats pound in his brain<br>

And he's taught how to walk in a pack<br>

Shoot in the back<br>

With his fist in a clinch<br>

To hang and to lynch<br>

To hide 'neath the hood<br>

To kill with no pain<br>

Like a dog on a chain<br>

He ain't got no name<br>

But it ain't him to blame<br>

He's only a pawn in their game.<br>

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Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught<br>

They lowered him down as a king<br>

But when the shadowy sun sets on the one<br>

That fired the gun<br>

He'll see by his grave<br>

On the stone that remains<br>

Carved next to his name<br>

His epitaph plain:<br>

Only a pawn in their game.<br>

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