Seventeen

Oh, the news is such a bad scene

Well, the news is such a bad scene

Oh, police have killed a boy, and he was only seventeen

Now his mother's on the news

Oh, she's crying on the evening news

And his family's in the churches, and they're praying in the pews, in the pews

Well, he was only

He was only a child

Well, he was only

He was only seventeen

Well said, you can't stand, can't stand to see no more

Or to believe your eyes

But it happens, yes, it happens all the time

Now they call that boy a thug

Dare to call that boy a thug

They're gonna try to take his death and sweep it underneath the rug

Well, he was only

He was only a child

Oh, he was only

He was only seventeen

Well, it is time, it is time

To turn the tide

Oh, it is time, it is time

To turn the tide

Well said, you can't stand, can't stand to see no more

Or to believe your eyes

But it happens, yes, it happens all the time

The thunder of the call for peace

Coming from the ones in power

While there's a young boy lying dead with a bullet in his head

They call for peace

While there are children in the street with no shoes upon their feet

They call for peace

Peace is a weapon in their hands, keeps them propped up where they stand

So they call for peace

He was only, he was only seventeen

Oh, seventeen