| I got pulled over in west Texas
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| so they could look inside my car
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| he said are you an american citizen
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| I said
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| yes sir
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| so far
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| they made sure I wasn’t smuggling
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| someone in from Mexico
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| someone willing to settle for america
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| 'cause there’s nowhere else to go and every state line
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| there’s a new set of laws
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| and every police man
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| comes equipped with extended claws
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| there’s a thousand shades of white
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| and a thousand shades of black
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| but the same rule always applies
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| smile pretty, and watch your back
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| I broke down in Louisiana
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| and I had to thumb a ride
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| got in the first car that pulled over
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| you can’t be picky in the middle of the night
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| he said
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| baby, do you like to fool around
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| baby, do you like to be touched
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| I said
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| maybe some other time
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| fuck you very much
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| and every state line
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| there’s a new set of laws
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| and every police man
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| comes equipped with extended claws
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| there’s a thousand shades of white
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| and a thousand shades of black
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| but the same rule always applies
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| smile pretty, and watch your back
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| I’m in the middle of alabama
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| they stare at me where ever I go
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| I don’t think they like my haircut
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| I don’t think they like my clothes
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| I can’t wait to get back to New York City
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| where at least when I walk down the street
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| nobody ever hesitates
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| to tell me exactly what they think of me and every state line
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| there’s a new set of laws
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| and every police man
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| comes equipped with extended claws
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| there’s a thousand shades of white
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| and a thousand shades of black
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| but the same rule always applies
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| smile pretty, and watch your back
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| a little town in pennsylvania
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| there was snow on the ground
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| a parked in an empty lot
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| where there was no one else around
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| but I guess I was taking up too much space
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| as I was trying to get some sleep
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| 'cause an officer came by anyway
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| and told me I had to leave
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| and every state line
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| there’s a new set of laws
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| and every police man
|
| comes equipped with extended claws
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| there’s a thousand shades of white
|
| and a thousand shades of black
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| but the same rule always applies
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| smile pretty, and watch your back |