Never Again (feat. Gunner Jules)

Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
This story is bigger than Jim
Bigger than him, never again
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
This story is bigger than Jim
Bigger than him, never again
In 1875 A Kiowa Chief by
The name of Lone Wolf died
It's a figure of speech, yeah he survived
But he lost his son and surrendered his tribe
To one born to ride that's a hit to his pride
Especially when he's fighting those who took his sons life
They locked 'em all away inside a cell with no light
Took away their things and made their day turn to night
Richard Henry Pratt was the man with the big plan
He went to I.D. the warriors to make a list and
Send 'em all down to Fort Leavenworth like quicksand
From Fort Sill, Oklahoma it was distant listen
They were jailed in the guard house
Until Pratt received orders for their transport
He was told to take them all down to Fort Marion in
Saint Augustine Florida where they can't soar past ports
And as their train approached the Florida border
A man known as Grey Beard would court disorder
He had no intent to croak or fold to orders
So he jumped from the train and flew like mortar
Pratt had the train stopped to search the spot
Didn't find him right away but kept it cordial
Wasn't long til they found him and popped his top
Then the train was back on tracks before the morning
After a long three weeks on a
Cross country trip trapped inside of this train
A large delegation of rebellious Natives
Finally arrived to be shackled and chained
In an old fortress dated to the 1600's
And descended from the masters of Spain
Indefinitely jailed as prisoners of war with the fear that
They'd never see their families again, never again
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
This story is bigger than Jim
Bigger than him, never again
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
This story is bigger than Jim
Bigger than him, never again
They slept inside of jail cells surrounded by the
Moldy moist walls enthralled by the coquina
Within a few days a lot of them were dead due to
Illness so they had to pick their cold feet up
Without a piece of paper the white Quaker made 'em
Meet their maker and fate with no subpoena
Today they wonder why we mate on first date and
Make babies in hate while drinking Old E up
General Pratt had to re-up, cause malnutrition
And malaria were killing our people
Not to mention hunger strikes, home sickness
And dysentery, man this shit was so evil
And he had bigger aspirations, like forcing
Them to take hold of European navigations
Cut the hair off of Nations, made 'em quit speaking
Theirs and learn the white mans language
Suited and booted teaching 'em army maneuvers
Making 'em look like some American troopers
General tactics of a man who usurps and
Uses them for his home improvements
Looted uprooted and booted from their home
Put on display as if a Pratt lawn gnome
He buffed and shined them as if they were diamonds
And that's how boarding schools became formed
Impressed upon his superiors that he
Could kill the Indian and save the man
They green lit the whole operation
It all began at Fort Marion
More boarding schools were then carried in
From Haskell Nations to Carlisle
Both would become Jim's stomping grounds
While other native child's died all the while
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
This story is bigger than Jim
Bigger than him, never again
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
This story is bigger than Jim
Bigger than him, never again