Luyện nghe bài hát Half a Life Away

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

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

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

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

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

You see one of the cops had something to
He'd raped Pop's sister more than once or
And Pop going to let it go this time
So the cops had to him out

But the courtroom hear all of the story
They held facts from the all white jury
No doubt, what the would be
Take him down, he's

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

All years in a prison cell
Never once complaining half your gone to hell
All of hatred and bigotry
a better man than me

They you up and they sent you down
A poor black boy in a rich town
And for thirty eight years you never made a
That was a life away, oh, ohh

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