You say "You ain't come up out them trenches,
Ain't no trenches left you scarred",
But do you really know what them trenches are?

Did you hear the dogs fighting every night over in Ridge?
Or did you see those bodies hanging under the lower bridge?
Did you see your middle school friend swinging from a tree?
Or did you get excused from school Thursd'y 'cause the feds raided houses down your street?

Are you still screaming "Justice for Jones"?
Or has that become another skeleton added to your county's closet of bones?
Did you know about those missing women buried behind the house next door?
Or were there cracks in the walls and holes in the floors?

How many bruises did you count after your mother beat...