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detroit rebellion of '67

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early one mornin’ the summer time
Detroit city 23rd July
there’s a party goin on for soldiers
home from Vietnam

but a sledgehammer
through a plate glass door
that’s sure to stop a party’s roar
and as the paddy wagon filled
the people gathered round

then bricks and bottles
they hit the cars
they say stay away
12th and Clairemont
it’s like a bomb
it’s surely ready to blow

so it grew like a violent rage
Detroit city was set ablaze
they had to call in the soldiers
on the forth of five days Lord

for the Detroit Rebellion of 1967
don’t call it a riot
the Detroit Rebellion of 1967
some they call it a riot Lord
some they call it a riot

now is it such a big surprise
no job no home no hope in sight
and the big four
even keepin’ the children down

and when a people they have nothin’ to lose
tell me what road would you choose
rebellion or riot can you tell me which one’s which
cause either way the road is bleak
and you get chaos in the streets
and machine guns and tanks to keep the peace

for the Detroit Rebellion of 1967
some call it a riot
the Detroit Rebellion of 1967
some they call it a riot Lord
some they call it a riot

some they call it a riot
yes they do
some they call it a riot
yes they do Lord

now you may say why should i care
wasn’t me i wasn’t there
least that’s what i used to say
but if it was you in Algier’s motel
a shot gun blast last thing you felt
and they called you a sniper
and they set the killers free

Lord you might turn into a ghost
you might haunt the world
so all would know what is past
and what has always been

you might turn into a ghost
you might haunt the world
so all would know
what is past and what come round again

like a
a Detroit Rebellion of 1967
some call it a riot
the Detroit Rebellion of 1967
some call it a riot Lord
some they call it a riot

yes they do
come on that’s right
some they call it a riot Lord
they call it a riot Lord
some they call it a riot Lord
some they call it a riot

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from The Man (LP), track released May 10, 2014

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Detroit Rebellion Providence, Rhode Island

Honoring Detroit’s underreported history and its music, Detroit Rebellion took its name from the violent upheaval that shook Detroit in the summer of 1967.

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