Luyện nghe bài hát Half a Life Away

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

Two cops were knocking on the
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 they come their guns, you do what you can
So he picked up his rifle and he shot down

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

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

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

But the didn't hear all of the story
They held back facts from the all white
No doubt, the verdict would be
him down, he's guilty

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

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

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