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Sal |
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It was the morning of october 6th, 1960 |
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I was wearing my brown suit |
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Preparing to leave the house of d. |
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Shook some hands then adios brooklyn amigos |
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Maybe some of them had hopes of seeing me again |
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Some even said that my judge-judge gerald culkin- |
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Wouldn't play it by the book |
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Maybe let us off the hook |
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But, woh-oo-woh, i knew better. |
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Sal & salvador |
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Afraid to leave the projects |
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To cross into another neighborhood |
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Sal |
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The blancos and the nigger gangs |
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Well, they'd kill you if they could. |
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Aurea & women |
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Angel of mercy, people are suffering |
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All over the world |
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Spanish children are taught on their knees to believe |
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Angel of mercy, people are suffering |
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All over the island tonight, |
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Mothers weep |
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Sal & aurea |
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Sisters grieve. |
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Sal |
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Well, i entered the courtroom, state of new york |
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County of new york, just some spic |
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They scrubbed off the sidewalk |
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Guilty by my dress |
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Guilty in the press |
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Let the capeman burn for the murder |
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Well the 'spanish boys' had their day in court |
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And now it was time for some ****in' law and order |
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The electric chair |
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For the greasy pair |
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Said the judge to the court reporter |
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Sal & salvador |
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Afraid to leave the projects |
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To cross into another neighborhood |
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Salvador |
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The newspapers and the t.v. crews |
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Well, they'd kill you if they could |
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Aurea & women |
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Angel of mercy, people are suffering |
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All over the world |
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A spanish boy could be killed every night of the week |
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Sal |
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But just let some white boy die |
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And the world goes crazy for blood-latin blood. |
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I don't lie when i speak. |
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Sal & salvador |
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Well they shackled my hands |
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Sal |
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A heavy belt around my waist to restrain me |
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Sal & salvador |
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And they shackled my legs |
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Sal |
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Hernandez, the 'umbrella man,' chained beside me |
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Then we rode that black maria |
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Through the streets of spanish harlem |
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Calling old friends on the corners |
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Sal & aurea |
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Just to lay our prayers upon them |
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Sal |
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Crying |
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Adios hermanos, adios |
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Sal & salvador |
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Adios hermanos, adios |
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Lead vocal-paul simon |
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Background vocal-briz |
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Background vocal-myrna gomila |
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Background vocal-karen bernod |
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Background vocal-renee connell-adams |
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Background vocal-dewayne snype |
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Background vocal-kia jeffries |
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Background vocal-ed vasquez |
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Background vocal-derrick james |
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Organ-oriente lopez |
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Background vocals recorded by roy halee |