Lord Black Lungs Lyrics

Becky says she’s sorry

But she said it with a smile

Said I want my ring back

But she pawned it for a dime

Black Lung said don’t worry

But he said it with a growl

Said I want my life back

But he’s already in me now

So I went down to the coal fields

Traded silver for black lung

No one is born equal

Under the cold African sun

Is you hungry? Is you poor?

Is you the man we’re praying for?

We heard of you, when we were small

Black Lung knows when we is sore

Condones revenge and keeping score

Stone Age broke the wheel, guns germs and steel

The Bronze Age, sugar pills, hallelujah

Fire pool democracy, my heritage pornography

Nose cartilage, ticks and fleas, hallelujah

Privilege, supremacy, my bullshit bad legacy

To blame me is to be free, hallelujah

Dearly beloved, were you sent from above?

I was made from snake tooth and unrequited love

Here hold my ghost, here hold my beer

No one is born equal, no one is born free

Is you hungry? Is you poor?

Is you the man we’re praying for?

We heard of you when we were small

Black Lung knows when we is sore

Condones revenge and keeping score

Violent geography, SABC,

Our bastard biology, hallelujah

Darling hypocrisy this bullshit is killing me

Redemption on ETV, hallelujah

Settlers telepathy, our history sold separately

To blame it is to be free, hallelujah

Blame me is to be free, hallelujah