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Sung to the tune Sixteen Tons by The Platters.
Sixteen Fines (Ode to Ferguson)
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Some people say a man is made outta mud
Ferguson man is bruises and blood
Bruises and blood from payin’ dem fines
They're in the black, we're left behind.
You pay sixteen fines what do you get
Another day in jail and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don’t you call me ‘cause I gotta stay
I owe my soul an’ I gotta’ pay.
I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine
Picked up jay walking go'in to my daily grind
Hey what the problem, then the man did say
That’s another fine for talking that way.
You pay sixteen fines what do you get
Another day in jail and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don’t you call me ‘cause I gotta stay
I owe my soul an’ I gotta pay.
I was born one mornin’ it was drizzlin’ rain
Fightin’ that Court is driving me insane
I was raised in the projects but trying to shine
Can’t get nowhere cause I'm paying them fines.
You pay sixteen fines what do you get
Another day in jail and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don’t you call me ‘cause I gotta stay
I owe my soul an I gotta pay.
The Badge see me comin’ now they're at my side
Gonna get my money or take my hide
They got a fist of club, other of steel
If the right one don’t a get ya
The left one will.
You pay sixteen fines and what do you get
Another day in jail and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don’t you call me ‘cause I gotta stay
Ferguson owns my soul an I gotta pay.
Copyright RHP March 7, 2015