George Stinney Jr.

by Adrian Younge

From the album: The American Negro

Track 25 of 26 on The American Negro (2021).

Duration: 5:01

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Lyrics for George Stinney Jr.

George Stinney Jr. Silence the whispers, light up the sky I'm going to heaven with black voice and pride Electric chair, well bibles put me in the chair Raised by the forehead to fight with my ideas Raised in a vessel like seasons that flow They thought I killed little girls all alone (ooh, hoo, ooh) Let us imagine, let us sit tight Witness never showed, black is my crime Tears in the skies, rain down in June Trained in our basements, fourteen, out the womb Silence the whispers, light up the sky I'm going to heaven with black voice and pride Silence the whispers Silence the whispers Silence the whispers Silence the whispers

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