Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #481
Peak in subgenre #80
Author
Capital-X/ Troy Karanta
Rights
305375Music
Uploaded
February 01, 2010
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:02
Story behind the song
You can't get any realer when you talk about keep it real. Just off a European Tour where I learned of the horrendous police brutality going on in London, England where literally hundreds of deaths while in police custody have went and continue to go answered I was called to protest the death penalty in Texas. While in Texas I visited the Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery where I actually stood amongst hundreds of unmarked graves of legally murdered prisons. I visited the Polunsky Unit. Death row in Livingston, Texas. I also went to the Walls unit in Huntsville where they actually kill the prisoners. I met with family members of condemned prisons and of victims. I was enraged at the barbarousness of what was going on and I was ready to take action. Troy Karanta of Troykmusic happen to send me a beat to listen to at this moment in time. The music set the tone for me and in a matter of 15 minutes, From The Frontlines was born.
Lyrics
From the Frontlines
Capital-"X" is coming from the Frontlines, the bloody trenches
the muddy killing fields, of Huntsville Texas
where I stood amongst hundreds of unmarked graves of murdered brothas and sistas
sacrificed by politicians, trying to maintain their positions
man there's over 2 million, men, women and children
locked up in prisons, in foul up conditions
man you seen Abu Ghraib, well Polunsky unit's no different
I spit evidence, that's relevant to what's really going on
man I'll make you see why children go to schools heavily armed
when I'm finished just don't be ignorant and think this was only a song
man I spit Holy scriptures like the 59th Psalm
Forget remaining silent, I be speaking in tongues
and my words will keep speaking, even if I'm hung like Saddam
I'm the Voice of the Voiceless, strapped with lyrical bombs
I spit and leave casualties dying on the Governor's lawn
I'm Capital-"X" mutha f*** a's, the Revolution is on
(Chorus)
Coming From the Front Lines, the Bloody Trenches
the muddy killing fields, of the war for justice
the front lines, where some never go home
reach for your phone cops will rock 10 shots to ya dome
from the front lines, the blood stained streets
where we're preyed on by police, looking to feed the beast
coming from the front lines, where I'll spend my last day
leave in hail of gun fire or locked in a cage
I speak for every prisoner buried in an unmarked grave
for every prisoner waiting to be murdered by the state
and for every prisoner, that's being worked like a slave
for every one of my brothas and sisters working for minimum wage
for every child, locked up in a cage
man I will fight till the grave, and pump my mic like a twelve gauge
while cowards let their own blood die in cage
f*** that I'll go out like Johnathon Jackson back in days
man since 9-11, I've seen the new wave
Mass incarceration, prison privatization
hell our own president held stocks in private prison corporations
then we wonder why, terrorists wage war on our nation
heavy police occupation, got us all under surveillance
masses blind to the facts, sedated on medications
man we need organizations, with affirmative action
before they attack us, get up and attack them
(Chorus)
No justice, no it's not just us
London, England sh** s just as f*** ed up
it's just as corrupt, bullets are quick to erupt
our loved ones dying in the hands, of those we thought we could trust
over 1000 lives lost, modern day holocaust
police brutality, use of excessive force
the line has been crossed, now there's no turning back
man they'll probably shoot me in the back, saying this track's a terrorist act
man I come strapped with the facts, ready for combat
just like a brainwashed ghetto child sent to kill in Iraq
We're all under attack, and they're shooting to kill
operation Kratos, got me ready to kill
I'm opening fire, making the blood spill
from Parliament all the way to capitol hill
Injustice, got us up against the wall
Injustice, has got me ready for war
(Chorus)
Capital-"X" 305375 for Unstoppable Productions LLC 2007.
I.G.W.T. Records: Written and performed by Capital-"X"
Music produced by Troy Karanta-Troykmusic ©2007 IGWT305375
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