Well, my daddy's daddy got shot - He didn't do no crime My daddy's daddy got shot - He didn't do no crime "The city wall ain't nothing But shackle & chain You better run, son, hide, before you Tumble into a ma**ive grave." A witness done say He saw my grandma's doom: "A shovel lay beside where She'd dug her own tomb And we all saw the walking dead Get on that train We held in the screams But there's no hiding the pain." I stand here now and You all clap your hands Brava, brava. Hurray, hurray! I stand here now Can I tell ya who I really am? -- () Why do you want me here? It's hard to understand Brava, brava. Hurray, hurray! "No fear," says daddy
"Courage got me where I am." Well, don't cry daddy i'll have baby someday O, don't cry daddy i'll take the shame away And i don't care what that Baby's daddy might have say Daddy, my baby gonna carry our family name When the city's on fire and the people rise on up Will they rise up for any one of us? When the city's on fire Who ya thinks gonna get the blame? Can you tell me please? I need to know if Things around here have changed My daddy done fought to live In this mean old world And all i am is a silly little girl My daddy done fought to live In this mean old world A round of applause if you will - For the daddy of this little girl