Never Again ft. Gunner Jules Lyrics

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

This story is bigger than Jim

Bigger than him, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

This story is bigger than Jim

Bigger than him, never again

In 1875 A Kiowa Chief by

The name of Lone Wolf died

It's a figure of speech, yeah he survived

But he lost his son and surrendered his tribe

To one born to ride that's a hit to his pride

Especially when he's fighting those who took his sons life

They locked 'em all away inside a cell with no light

Took away their things and made their day turn to night

Richard Henry Pratt was the man with the big plan

He went to I.D. the warriors to make a list and

Send 'em all down to Fort Leavenworth like quicksand

From Fort Sill, Oklahoma it was distant listen

They were jailed in the guard house

Until Pratt received orders for their transport

He was told to take them all down to Fort Marion in

Saint Augustine Florida where they can't soar past ports

And as their train approached the Florida border

A man known as Grey Beard would court disorder

He had no intent to croak or fold to orders

So he jumped from the train and flew like mortar

Pratt had the train stopped to search the spot

Didn't find him right away but kept it cordial

Wasn't long til they found him and popped his top

Then the train was back on tracks before the morning

After a long three weeks on a

Cross country trip trapped inside of this train

A large delegation of rebellious Natives

Finally arrived to be shackled and chained

In an old fortress dated to the 1600's

And descended from the masters of Spain

Indefinitely jailed as prisoners of war with the fear that

They'd never see their families again, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

This story is bigger than Jim

Bigger than him, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

This story is bigger than Jim

Bigger than him, never again

They slept inside of jail cells surrounded by the

Moldy moist walls enthralled by the coquina

Within a few days a lot of them were dead due to

Illness so they had to pick their cold feet up

Without a piece of paper the white Quaker made 'em

Meet their maker and fate with no subpoena

Today they wonder why we mate on first date and

Make babies in hate while drinking Old E up

General Pratt had to re-up, cause malnutrition

And malaria were killing our people

Not to mention hunger strikes, home sickness

And dysentery, man this shit was so evil

And he had bigger aspirations, like forcing

Them to take hold of European navigations

Cut the hair off of Nations, made 'em quit speaking

Theirs and learn the white mans language

Suited and booted teaching 'em army maneuvers

Making 'em look like some American troopers

General tactics of a man who usurps and

Uses them for his home improvements

Looted uprooted and booted from their home

Put on display as if a Pratt lawn gnome

He buffed and shined them as if they were diamonds

And that's how boarding schools became formed

Impressed upon his superiors that he

Could kill the Indian and save the man

They green lit the whole operation

It all began at Fort Marion

More boarding schools were then carried in

From Haskell Nations to Carlisle

Both would become Jim's stomping grounds

While other native child's died all the while

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

This story is bigger than Jim

Bigger than him, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

Never, never, never again

This story is bigger than Jim

Bigger than him, never again