From the flashing barrel
of a brother's gun
to the tired billions

beneath one thumb
it's the hardest times
I've ever seen

we are the water
slow to the sea
gotta move that stone...


I was born in Louisiana
but it's not my home

my people there are busy
they're still burning bones
the history of Mississippi

and the race against change
!@#$, there ain't nothin'
gonna save this place

'til we move that stone.

There are mad militias

and men of war
they're milking the minds
a stone to the door

it's the hardest times
we've ever seen
will like the water

will set us free
we gotta move that stone...


© Tony Schaffer, Far Around Music (BMI)