Name: L.A.Nights
Duration: P00H03M22S
Description: This song is about the race riots that took place in Los Angeles when Rodney King was killed.

L.A.Nights

from The Heart And The Mind by Kate Ashby-Craft

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This song is about the race riots that took place in Los Angeles when Rodney King was killed.

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L. A. Nights
Words and Music by Kate Ashby-Craft

Intro
Chorus
They burned down their hometown looking for some justice
They burned down their own town looking for a right town
For years they’ve tried and for years they’ve cried
In a system that just don’t care
When will it ever change, when will it ever change

Verse One
Oh Martin are you listening, can you hear your people’s rage
Oh Martin are you looking, can you see the fires burn
How far have they come since your fatal day?
How far have they come since your fatal day?

Chorus

Verse Two
George says he has the answer the money fix is the game
He says money will ease the pain, he says money will right the wrong
But will money erase the hate, will money erase the scars
Oh I wish it were that simple, I wish it were that simple

Interlude
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Chorus

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from The Heart And The Mind, released August 6, 2021

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Kate Ashby-Craft Nova Scotia

singer/songwriter , independent recording artist , actor, tree hugger and animal lover.

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