Lyrics

Murder Behind Their Smiles

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I was just a young boy on the wrong side of town.
I hung out with the ghetto thugs when they came around.
They’d laugh when I’d act like them, try to dance and dis.
I carried a few packages when times were hard like this.

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I knew that I should call the cops sometimes, but I’d wait a little while.
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There was one thing I knew for sure; there was murder behind their smiles.

Now I’m a young lawyer on the right side of town.
Hired on by Monsanto, the biggest Man around.
They have the cash flow and the fingers in the pie.
I hide unsubstantiated aberrations from prying eyes.

I know I should blow the whistle sometimes, but I wait a little while.
There’s one thing I know for sure; there’s murder behind their smiles.

Words and music by David B. Hakan
© 2016 3-4-2016