Never Had A Chance

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He was guilty in a routine stop of having pigment darker than the cop’s.
He clutched his chest, we clicked the mad emoji. He bled to death on our Facebook feeds.

And he’d still be alive, if he was white. And he’d still be driving, if he was white.

Never really ever had a chance. Same school, but a different class.
Same job, but a different wage. Same car, but a bullet in his brain.

And he’d still be alive, if he was white. And he’d still be driving, if he was white.

Let’s break it down now.
Let’s break it down now.
Let’s break it down now.
Let’s break it down now.

Enslave a people for hundreds of years. And liberate ‘em just to put ‘em on a chain gang.

Enslave a people for hundreds of years. And liberate ‘em just to put ‘em on a chain gang.
They built our nation, working their fingers down to the bone, but we deny ‘em reparations.

Enslave a people for hundreds of years. And liberate ‘em just to put ‘em on a chain gang.
They built our nation, working their fingers down to the bone, but we deny ‘em reparations.

Why do we kill ‘em in the streets and deny ‘em reparations?
Why do we kill ‘em in the streets and deny ‘em reparations?
Why do we kill ‘em in the streets and deny ‘em reparations?

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from Prequels, released May 23, 2020

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Prequels Atlanta, Georgia

Prequels is an Atlanta Post-Punk band. Their songs are heavily influenced by the lush atmospheres of new wave, the frenetic energy of hardcore punk, and the tight delivery and complex musical arrangement of 70s progressive rock.

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