Good Man Down
Good Man Down
What‘s it gonna take for the cycle to end?
GOOD MAN DOWN
Written by Phillip Joubert (ASCAP), Quincy Cochran (ASCAP), Brandi Miller (ASCAP), Mark Alan Schoolmeesters (BMI)
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VERSE 1
And the story goes, it wasn’t long ago
A poor boy headed to the grocery store
No money in hand, only had one plan
At ten years had to be a family man
Oh no
His life’s now placed in the hands of the state
Eleven years old, now he’s locked away
Thrown in a cell, welcome to hell
But we got a lot more story to tell
Oh no
Cause you can’t keep a good man down
VERSE 2
A girl, sixteen, should've been in class
She's fallen prey to ‘the life’ too fast
Shot a grown man when she got attacked
Fifteen years she can't get back
Oh no
But can’t keep a good one down
No you can’t keep a good one down
VERSE 3
At thirty three, speaking in the street
On the wrong side of the powers that be
Seen as a threat for the message of peace
He got too close to the last and least
Oh no
Why pay for the truth when the lies are free
’Just kill him dead’ is what they wanted to see
They got their wish and they got their way
That innocent man dead in the grave
Oh no
You can’t keep a good man down
You can’t keep a good man down
You can’t keep a good man down
You can’t keep a good man down
VERSE 4
Broken systems, what do you see?
Breaking people underneath
I asked you once, I’ll ask it again
What‘s gonna take for the cycle to end?
Oh no
But you can’t keep a good man down
You can’t keep a good man down
You can’t keep a good man down
You can’t keep a good man down
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