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Sons and Daughters

The Neville Brothers

R&B/Soul

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Neville Brothers

The Neville Brothers

Performer

Arthur Neville

Keyboards

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Background Vocals

Eric Struthers

Guitar

Leo Nocentelli

Guitar

Marva Wright

Background Vocals

Tony Hall

Bass

Willie Green

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Malcolm Burn

Composer

Lorraine Neville

Lorraine Neville

Composer

Art Neville

Composer

Ian Neville

Songwriter

Ron Cuccia

Songwriter

Willie Green III

Willie Green III

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

The Neville Brothers

The Neville Brothers

Producer

Malcolm Burn

Producer

Charles Brady

Engineer

Mark Howard

Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Young man, on his way home from the market

Just enjoying a beautiful afternoon

Gets kinda dark

Sun just set

There's these other young men

Standing on the corner

Nothin' to do, just hangin' around

They're passin' out their weapons to each other

Brass knuckles

Pipes

Chains

Half a bricks

Broken bottles

Switchblades

[Verse 2]

Young man lands in jail for some crime

He did not commit

Three hundred and fifty-two years hard labor in Angola prison

Three hundred and fifty-two years at hard labor

Sleepless nights between sugar cane and cotton

It's where he learns the ropes

And pays with his soul

For some crime he did not commit

[Verse 3]

We think we're safe at home

With our bumper stickers saying

Just say no

We give up a few freedoms here and there

In the name of a squeaky clean America

Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical

Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical

Screaming for blood and justice

Now they've got us hypnotized and hysterical

Screaming for blood and justice

[Verse 4]

They show us the faces of hatred over and over

A new one every week

Could be Manuel Noriega

Could be the Ayatollah

Any ol' scapegoat'll do

The young man will be our sacrificial lamb

[Verse 5]

Pro-choice, no choice

We're sending our sons and daughters to their slaughter

Pro-choice, no choice

Slogans mean nothing

To a young man facing Three hundred and fifty-two years

Hard labor in Angola

For a crime he did not commit

It's freedom of speech

As long as you don't say too much

[Verse 6]

You can't stop running water

You can't kill the fire that burns inside

Don't deny our flesh and blood

And don't forsake our sons and daughters

[Verse 7]

Yeah, you can't stop running water

You can't kill the fire that burns inside

Don't deny our flesh and blood

Don't forsake our sons and daughters

[Verse 8]

It's freedom of speech

As long as you don't say too much

I think we all runnin'

Thinkin' that we can hide

I think we're runnin'

Tryin' to get away

But sooner or later we gonna realize

We gonna meet up with the truth

Face to face

[Verse 9]

Yeah you can't stop

The running water

You can't kill the fire that burns inside

Don't deny our flesh and blood

Written by: Art Neville, Ian Neville, Lorraine Neville, Malcolm Burn, Ron Cuccia, Willie Green III

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