GREAT APES LYRICS

"San Quentin"

an off-white blemish on a perfect palette of blues
sea green converging with Marin money hues

Tamalpais looks downward upon the wealth-exempt wound
500 acres with a con in every room

while the sun-soaked saunter smiling through Northgate Mall
breathing grey specters sickly scratch cell walls

Samaritans of privilege spewing script liberal speak
wretched truth on the Bay’s edge - oh, the ease in turning cheek

it’s not human if we don’t have to look

in death’s glowing chamber, stone cage to stone plaque
window watching strangers witness life unpacked

under a redwood halo comes love and regret
sinner self-forgiveness while the saint freely forgets

if there’s a problem, we’ll lock it up

devaluation - the slow strain on the core
treatment by covering the sore
demonization enables error without remorse
systemic - avoidance of the source

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