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Before You Sped Off

from Blue Book Tapes Vol. 1 by Fricktion

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Sometimes it seems the cycle’s never gonna stop
The coppers hate the people so the people hate the cops
A red kills a blue so a blue kills a red
And there’s never any shortage of youth to end up dead

Turn to crime ‘cause there aren’t any jobs to be had
Now the jobs won’t hire ‘cause your record’s lookin’ bad
No job, no money, no food up in your tummy
And when people get desperate, that’s when things get bloody

When conditions get rough, it’s easy to look down
Especially when it isn’t happenin’ in your hometown
And if you want to make a change, where you gonna get the funds?
The government’s too busy funding new prisons and guns

So we leave ‘em disenfranchised – Fuckin’ walkin’ landmines
Eye for an eye in a drive-by state of mind
And how the hell can any of ‘em claim the blame
When these products of the game just came up in this skewed frame?

As the world keeps turnin’, the mess gets thicker
While people sit and bicker, this shit just gets sicker
‘Nother place to buy liquor, ‘nother sherm stick dipper
‘Nother finger on another American made trigger

So it spins and it spins without a stop to get off
Every night another set of shots is gettin’ let off
If everybody stopped and took all of their blue and red off
How would you know who you were gunnin’ at before you sped off?

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from Blue Book Tapes Vol. 1, released May 4, 2012

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Fricktion Bloomington, Indiana

Fricktion is an MC/Producer based in Bloomington, Indiana. While hip-hop serves as the greatest common denominator in his songs, numerous influences, from punk rock to electronic, have helped to shape his style.

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