JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Pada 30 November 2007, The Riot Before merilis sebuah lagu berjudul "5 to 9".
Lagu tersebut menjadi trek ketiga dari 11 lagu dalam album yang bertajuk Fists Buried in Pockets.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Future - Paramore
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "5 to 9" dari The Riot Before di bawah ini:
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Tired muscles, tired eyes
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Can't sleep through this Oaxacan night
Em
He's kept away from dreaming, haunted by thoughts of failing
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The family whom he shares a bed
Am
A tiny room even less bread
Em
He cries out to himself silently
C Am Em
I am not a man no I am not a man
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I am not a man I can't feed my children
Em
This is no life for them
C Am Em
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So he's out of bed with the sunrise
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He kisses his wife and kids goodbye
Em
Then heads north to the border To work, become a provider
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But gathered at the country line
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Are protesters all holding signs
Em
He can't read but translates perfectly
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I am not a man No I am not a man
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No I am not a man I'm just a Mexican
Em
Illegal immigrant
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The politicians the pundits the public debate
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But one question's lost in policy
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"Is a man not a man if he's born outside a boundary?"
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Stumbling through the desert alone and afraid
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He almost dies from the heat
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But he thinks of his family and that keeps him going
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He won't stop for death least the laws of a country G
Arrested is no threat
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when you're already living unfree
Unfree!
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So he works the fields from 5 to 9
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Plus any job that he can find
Em
Saves up all his money, sends it to his family
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Before he falls asleep at night
Am
A thousand miles from his life
Em
He assuredly repeats
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I am a human Yeah I am a human
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Yeah I am a human a father a husband
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A global citizen
C Am Em
C Am Em
Not a debatable statistic
C Am Em
I'm not your problem economic
C Am
I'm not a threat to patriotic
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That's idiotic
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I Am A...