Typical Criminal

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It’s typical, the criminal
Is a character we must behold
The media creates a frame
That allows us to reject his soul

Helps us not to care
Helps us not to care at all (At all)
The darkness of his skin deem his crimes typical
The label he fulfills
Make his crime seem rational (Rational)

He’s put away for profit
It’s just his demographic
White boys can sell the shit
And authorities won’t stop it
But they’ll stop him as he’s walking home
Walking home alone
Bullied by the black and blue
The fascists of his only home

Where he is forced to dwell
Where poverty runs rampant
In streets filled with blood and so few chances
No matter what he does
No matter his accomplishments
He’s fearing every gun

To be taken away
Forgotten in cell
He’s too intelligent
To be rotting in affluent hell
A consciousness
That’s rotting away

He’s put away for profit
It’s just his demographic
White boys can sell the shit
And authorities won’t stop it
But they’ll stop him as he’s walking home
Walking home alone
Bullied by the black and blue
The fascists of his only home

Seems like two choices
Two choices
Mass incarceration
Or total annihilation

They tell us he’s our typical
Criminal
And we believe
He’s a typical
Typical criminal

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from You and Them, released January 9, 2020

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You and Them Grand Rapids, Michigan

Five piece band from Grand Rapids, MI. Bringing you an assortment of organized noises, from melodic post-hardcore to progressive to a visceral, and dismal auditory catharsis.

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