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In a city where jobs are few, and people are many it would be hard to see yourself winning when you need money and don't have any the clocks against you from the beginning what can a man do, just to get by what can a man do to be somebody what can a man do to change his life what can a man do selling cigarettes that he calls loosies maybe he can make himself a dollar that all depends on who sees it might be okay if you're the right color jailed twice for trying to make a living but in the black, the blue is hidden seen by the eyes of the unforgiving just trying to get by is forbidden with no warrant and no good reason it's just encroachment on our freedom tired of the way they treat him he fought back, they called it treason a battle he could never win I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breath, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe what can a man do to catch his breath what can a man do to make a buck what can a man do to avoid his death what can a man do (this is about Eric Garner, a man who had been arrested twice for selling single cigarettes in a poverty stricken nation. The fourth time the police approached him, he was tired of it, so he wasn't going to jail so easily. The law states that they must have a warrant or a reasonable cause, before they can arrest someone. They tackled Eric, and choked him to death. In the same city, many crimes are unsolved while this goes on. The video of the police killing Eric garner can be found on youtube)
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Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 10:19 PM UTC
what can a man do?
In a city where jobs are few, and people are many it would be hard to see yourself winning when you need money and don't have any the clocks against you from the beginning what can a man do, just to get by what can a man do to be somebody what can a man do to change his life what can a man do selling cigarettes that he calls loosies maybe he can make himself a dollar that all depends on who sees it might be okay if you're the right color jailed twice for trying to make a living but in the black, the blue is hidden seen by the eyes of the unforgiving just trying to get by is forbidden with no warrant and no good reason it's just encroachment on our freedom tired of the way they treat him he fought back, they called it treason a battle he could never win I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breath, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, I can't breathe what can a man do to catch his breath what can a man do to make a buck what can a man do to avoid his death what can a man do (this is about Eric Garner, a man who had been arrested twice for selling single cigarettes in a poverty stricken nation. The fourth time the police approached him, he was tired of it, so he wasn't going to jail so easily. The law states that they must have a warrant or a reasonable cause, before they can arrest someone. They tackled Eric, and choked him to death. In the same city, many crimes are unsolved while this goes on. The video of the police killing Eric garner can be found on youtube)
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Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 10:19 PM UTC
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