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Co-ops turned to dust in Tuscaloosa oldfields Union-hall ruins along the muddy banks of the Warrior The sealed-off mines underneath the hidden jungles of Beat-10 Lint-headed women, coal-dusted men under the boss' guns Little children burnt black, brown, red in the sun Spit at retired generals and dandy barons What it really means to rise again Done playin' dead Done playin' dead Yeah, they're done, done Yeah, they're done playin' Yeah, they're done playin' dead Yeah, they're done, done Yeah, they're done playin' Yeah, they're done playin' dead The sweet White Hall grass stirrin' with the ghosts of Tent City Smell of potluck greens on the Letohatchee breeze Ancient nighttime whispers of the freedom schools all through Bloody Lowndes In the gravel lot of a pine-box church Grandchildren of the enslaved tote twelve-gauges Make their mark for the Black Panther At the sanctified sunken edge of that Blackbelt town Letras de cancionesDone playin' dead Done playin' dead Yeah, they're done, done Yeah, they're done playin' Yeah, they're done playin' dead Yeah, they're done, done Yeah, they're done playin' Yeah, they're done playin' dead Yeah, they're done, done Yeah, they're done playin' Yeah, they're done playin' dead Yeah, they're done, done Yeah, they're done playin' Yeah, they're done playin' dead Is it that we're cursed or that we're blessed (Oh) That when we're backed in a corner is when we fight our best? (Oh) From slash-cut huntin' grounds around Notasulga The dammed-up falls at Tallassee The factory gates where the Prophet stomped Shook the earth out from under Tuckabatchee square The old-time folks turned refugees by Jackson Takin' root deep down into the cypress swamps Two-hundred years, three wars, and the richest empire on Earth Can't push 'em outta there, no Done playin' dead Done playin' dead Yeah, they're done, done Yeah, they're done playin' Yeah, they're done playin' dead Yeah, they're done, done Yeah, they're done playin' Yeah, they're done playin' dead Yeah, they're done, done Yeah, they're done playin' Yeah, they're done playin' dead Yeah, they're done, done Yeah, they're done playin' Yeah, they're done playin' dead From Letras Mania