Goodenough Mashego Died Before Turning Thirty Lyrics:
died before turning 30
(when thugs cry*)

when thugs cry
whole blocks become shooting ranges
ghetto angels perish in they napkins
exploding molotov cocktails & AK 47's crescendo become our lullaby
gangsters with tribal tattoos our new neighbourhood watch
police in bulletproof vests patrol the streets protected by troops
mothers stop crying for their slaughtered offspring
for everyday funerals become the ghetto pilgrimage
soldiers without ranks dying for an invisible army
schools cease, hearts freeze, confession boxes become refuge
preachers with broken crucifixes begging for mary the virgin
while the son died for all they overlook the sacrifice

when thugs cry
my township becomes another battleground
they replicate gaza city, beirut & kabul into one
the enemy's innocense tonight we all tossing signs
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skipping dry blood on pavements spitting saliva in our toilets
picket fence's yellow tape "POLICE LINE; DO NOT CROSS"
we stopped shedding tears when the whole hood died
we stress not about rapes they now sodomise toddlers
poor they can't buy condoms but they afford chrome slugs
everybody high tonight ready to die loaded in drugs
hallucination's now our god we sell the bible for pokes
torsos' defiled filled with names of all the homies we buried
indelible like scars we bond through ink & a needle

when thugs cry
revolution's on between them & us
the frontier criss crosses blocks like a crossword puzzle
ain't no good guys the grey line is the size of your weapon
tis extra clips, semi or fully auto carbine in the trunk
darkness turns to light tracer bullets illuminate the sky
mothers' cries of 'hallelujah hossanna' replaced by 'aluta continua'
the war ain't over yet
not by a long shot
long as they keep burying they own there's no peace on sight
when thugs cry we all cry for the thug's in us
we carry corpses to they graves praying for paradise now
they all died before 30 so we all running scared

* tupac amaru shakur title
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Lyrics: Died Before Turning Thirty, Goodenough Mashego [end]