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He’s a slave catcher company man armed with weapons of war
He’s a meat-head murderer company man with a pension and perks galore
It’s easy to hate, it’s fun to despite, a man such as he
Armed to the teeth
Armed to do battle with the homeless and the poor
What else is he for?

He’s a slave catcher company man armed with weapons of war
He’s a meat-head murderer company man with a pension and perks galore
He upholds and he enforces laws of racist filth
Laws unjust and wrong
Armed to the teeth
Armed to do battle with with the homeless and the poor
What else is he for?

Laws created by men of means
Men of unjustifiable, unquantifiable wealth
Men who buy and pay men like these
To strut through the streets and extract petty fees like petty thieves
To intimidate black and brown children and hunt and kill citizens
In the home of the sick and the land of the trapped
In a uniform slick and a ridiculous cap
This is the world we made and accept
This is the world we made and accept
This is the world we made and accept
This is the world we made and accept
This is the world we made and accept
For so long
Since we settled on farms and we grew extra food and we needed an asshole to guard it
That’s how policing started
When we settled on farms and we grew extra food and we needed an asshole to guard it
That’s how policing started

He’s a slave catcher company man armed with weapons of war
He’s a meat-head murderer company man with a pension and perks galore

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from It Doesn't Matter Why It Is, It Doesn't Matter If It's Wrong IV, released October 23, 2020
written & recorded by John Elliott

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John Elliott San Francisco, California

“John Elliott is the Andy Kaufman of folk music.”

“Post Seinfeld, Post 9/11 Eyebrow Rock.”

“Well crafted and artful songs by a potentially disturbed individual.”

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