Ted James - No Gray

  Ted James - No GrayIntro:Let the verdict breathe.Breathe.Breathe.One two three, one two three, breathe.One two three, one two three, breathe.What?Goddamnit. Okay.Chorus:Justice is a musket, primitive and rusticGray, gray, gray everydayJustice is a musket, primitive and rusticGray, gray, gray everyday (uh)Verse One:Justice is a musket, primitive and rusticWhichever way you thrust itThem instincts getting trustedThe shit stinks, I'm disgustedFrom the missed winks, it's corruptedTo the chain links, system's bustedSo these sentences constructedOff a few kinks, fingers dustedWhen the hood sinks like a bucketHere's the hoodwink, "Kill 'em, fuck it"Tell these youth they better duck quickHeaded home, they better truck itIn America the free,Acrylic paint's still getting brushed withFox News still chasing ducketsOff off-limit racist subjectsNRA blood-money puppetsPlaying fear and hate like trumpetsTake the 2nd Amendment, shove itHe's not a gun-owner in the republicHe's a terrorist with a punditChorus:Justice is a musket, primitive and rusticGray, gray, gray everydayJustice is a musket, primitive and rusticGray, gray, gray everydayBridge One:DemocracyDear Lord, help us push through this adversityAnother senseless murder sanctioned by the gun lobbyShoot first, no hesitation, no apologyThis mythology is an atrocityWhen kids are murdered in these streets in defense of propertyStand your ground and acquitted you'll probably beOn some monopoly (breathe)And get out of jail freeVerse Two:Justice is a musket, primitive and indolentDeath penalties' repugnantStill executed on the innocentWhen tint of skin pigmentIs predictive of predicamentWe're vindictive, never penitentToo addicted to imprisonmentIncarceration is an instrumentTo subjugate the indigentAnd dominate our immigrantsRacism is a ligamentOf private prison businessesStop and frisk sold as diligenceTo make this money like it's infiniteWall Street still gets to benefitUnrestrained greed and insolenceThick as thieves but legitimateYes, stealing is magnificentWhen you've rendered the system impotentFree markets, we're sort of into itBetter believe it's no coincidenceChorus:Justice is a musket, primitive and rusticGray, gray, gray everydayJustice is a musket, primitive and rusticGray, gray, gray everydayBridge Two:DemocracyDear Lord, help us push through this adversityAnother death row execution lacking certaintyNo appeal, no stay, no apologyThis dichotomy is hypocrisyStill a cog in the wheel of our economyLive in poverty and convicted you'll probably beOn some monopoly (breathe)And do not pass go (yo)Outro:Power to the people for the people demand the verdict sayBlack and white. No gray. (uh)Power to the people for the people demand the verdict sayBlack and white. No gray.Black and white. No gray. (breathe)Black and white. No gray. (breathe)Black and white. No gray. (breathe)Black and white. No gray. (breathe)© 2014 Millinium VII Entertainment / Produced by Nick Jones / Mixed by Ted James / Mastered by Ted James / Recorded at The House of Jeezy Studios / All rights reserved