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| + | ''Twenty-thousand niggy-niggy brothers in the corner'' | ||
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| + | ''Of the cell block, but they come from California'' | ||
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| + | ''Population is none in the desert and sun'' | ||
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| + | ''With a gun cracker runnin' things under his thumb'' | ||
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| + | ''Starin' hard at the postcards, isn't it odd and unique'' | ||
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| + | ''Seein' people smile wild in the heat?'' | ||
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| + | ''A hundred-twenty degree, 'cause I want to be free'' | ||
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| + | ''What's a smilin' face when the whole state's racist?'' | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
Revision as of 04:52, 1 February 2021
By the Time I Get to Arizona is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy from their 1991 album Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black. The song was written by frontman Chuck D in protest of the state of Arizona, where governor Evan Mecham had canceled Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the people voted against its reintroduction.[1]
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Key Lyrics
Twenty-thousand niggy-niggy brothers in the corner
Of the cell block, but they come from California
Population is none in the desert and sun
With a gun cracker runnin' things under his thumb
Starin' hard at the postcards, isn't it odd and unique
Seein' people smile wild in the heat?
A hundred-twenty degree, 'cause I want to be free
What's a smilin' face when the whole state's racist?
Background
Reception
Reference
- ↑ By the Time I Get to Arizona. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
