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17 Shots (in the St. Louis Night)

from Ferguson USA by James Rustad

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Lyrics and Music by James Rustad. Copyright 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Vonderrit Myers was killed by an off-duty police officer working at a private security firm in the Shaw neighborhood of St. Louis.

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One for off-duty cops in uniform
Two for neighborhood watch patrol
Three for private security firms
Four for profiling pedestrian checks
Five because he didn't like the way his pants sagged
Six for redline segregation
Seven for American apartheid
Eight for White privilege

17 Shots in the St. Louis night
Black lives matter this just isn't right
Resistance March to the Gateway Arch
17 Shots in the St. Louis night

Nine for the Military Police State
Ten for ritual sacrifice
Eleven for state sanctioned violent acts
Twelve for the people who "wait for the facts"
Thirteen against the weekend of resistance
Fourteen for law and order
Fifteen for Jim Crow and kill what you don't know
Sixteen because the cop just had a bad day
Seventeen because he needed to empty his chamber
Seventeen because he needed to empty his chamber

17 Shots in the St. Louis night
Black lives matter this just isn't right
Resistance March to the Gateway Arch
17 Shots in the St. Louis night

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from Ferguson USA, released November 24, 2014
James Rustad: vocals, lead and baritone guitar.
Recorded by Jim Perry in Bed-Stuy (2014).

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