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Used To Be

Used to be a farmer used to till the ground now my tractor’s silent i can faintly here the sound that memory of my father as I sat on his knee while he taught me the value of the planted seed

used to be a milkman used to be your friend something I’ll never be again i was a teacher used to mentor kids really thought it mattered then it all came to this had to buy the pencils, paper and the chalk now we hide in closets from a 9 mm glock

made a good living used to pay my bills those Corporations came in bought up all the fields took away my farm took away our right to a better way of living didn’t even come in the night we let them in the front door with their teeth so pearly white begging us for money to put a dollar store at the light

i used to be something i’m gonna damn well be again time to have our say put this to its end i’ll teach my children about that planted seed the pride when you look down at your knuckles when they bleed

can you see that tractor running through a field of amber waves that’s my daughter driving can you see her dreadlock braids

they closed down that dollar store we got ourselves a organic grocery heard they do a fantastic job give back to the community

i’m still not a milkman though I got a job driving truck now I deliver groceries fell into a little luck went back to teaching cause teaching that’s what i do started funding schools the way we should always do

this is where I live the land of hope and dreams if we can’t all have a shot then what does it really mean let us all stand together it was made for you and me

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