Luyện nghe bài hát Half a Life Away

Gill and Galloway working late
On a summers 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 quarter to
They said, "Hey, nigger, hit the
You're to be history"

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

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

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

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

But the courtroom didn't hear all of the
They held back facts the all white jury
No doubt, what the verdict be
Take him down, guilty

They picked you up and sent you down
A poor black boy in a white town
And for eight years you never made a sound
was half a life away

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

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

They picked you up and they you down
A black boy in a rich white town
And for thirty eight years you made a sound
That was half a life away, half a life