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From The Plantation To The Penitentiary

From The Plantation To The Penitentiary lyrics by Wynton Marsalis. From the Plantation To the Penitentiary From the yassuh boss To the ghetto minstrelsy In...

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From The Plantation To The Penitentiary

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From the Plantation

To the Penitentiary

From the yassuh boss

To the ghetto minstrelsy

In the heart of freedom

In chains

In the heart of freedom

Insane

In the heart of freedom

Insane

In the heart of freedom

In chains

From the field hand cry

To the ten to twenty-five

From the 'sold-off' men

To the raised

By next-of-kin

In the cause

Of freedom and shame

In the cause

Of freedom and game

From the

'No book' rules

To the raggly

Public schools

From the coon and shine

To the unemployment line

In the land of freedom

In chains

In the land of freedom

Insane

From the work long days

To the dope

And drinking craze

From the stock in slaves

To the booming

Prison trade

In the name of freedom

Insane

In the name of freedom

And shame

In the heart of freedom

In chains

In the heart of freedom

Insane

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