Luyện nghe bài hát Half a Life Away

Gill and Galloway working late
On a summers in '58
In a town, Alabama hideaway
In the U.S.A.

Two cops knocking on the door
Of a black boy, it was a quarter to four
They said, "Hey, nigger, hit the
You're to be history"

Pop was the young black man
He couldn't work it out, he didn't
But when they come their guns, you do what you can
So he up his rifle and he shot them down

They said, "He killed them in blood"
And the jury, they
They said, "You'll be sorry for what done"
And the whole town agreed

picked you up and they sent you down
A poor boy in a rich white town
And for thirty eight years you never a sound
That was half a away, half a life away

You see one of the had something to hide
He'd raped Pop's sister more once or twice
And Pop wasn't going to let it go this
So the had to take him out

But the courtroom hear all of the story
They held back facts the all white jury
No doubt, the verdict would be
him down, he's guilty

They you up and they sent you down
A black boy in a rich white town
And for thirty eight you never made a sound
That was half a away

All these years in a prison
Never once complaining half your life to hell
All because of hatred and
You're a man than me

picked you up and they sent you down
A poor black boy in a rich white
And for thirty eight you never made a sound
That was half a away, oh, ohh

They picked you up and they you down
A poor boy in a rich white town
And for thirty years you never made a sound
That was half a life away, half a away