Te Te Te TENNESSEE

Te Te Te TENNESSEE
 
This is the land where we come from
Democracy dyin in the Sun
Run for a seat and get elected  
 
Stand in the well and get ejected  
Just for standing with the people  
 
Who put me in place  
decided my race
Te Te Te Tennessee  
 
Little justice for me if I live in Tennessee  
Injustice killin our babies
God forbid if I stand up  
 
Rising sun of Tennessee  
Democracy dies in the valley  
 
This will not stand in the Sun
9 yrs old and in a pine box
 
Seems like Te Te Te Tennessee  
Is in the news for all the wrong reasons  
 
It just dies in the shadows  
When we look away don’t pay  
Attention to yesterday  
 
Te Te Te Tennessee  
Sounds so sweet to me  
 
Lift your eyes see the sad surprise  
Te Te Te Tennessee is fading away  
 
Young hearts rise no more lies
Tennessee is the new south
Democracy dies in shadows
 
140000 people with no representation  
Te te te Tennessee  
Shackles of slavery
 
See the blood on the trees
Te te te Tennessee  
Isn’t so sweet to me