Acoustic, singer/songwriter, rock and roll, pop.
Story behind the song
Kim and I wrote this for a collab comp on the muse's muse. It's based on a true story about a man wrongfully convicted of murder in North Carolina..
Lyrics
A Man like Me
Watched a mouse steal a meal
from my plastic tray
Through the bars, past the guards,
such an easy getaway
Lord, if you even know my name,
get me out of this place
Once I was Mister Hunt,
now, I'm 809
Stripped of hope and dignity
for another man’s crime
Invisible as a stranger’s heartache
nothing left, but time
Chorus
I’m innocent
Is anybody listening?
I’m innocent
Does anybody care?
Freedom don’t come easy
For a man like me
Raped and stabbed sixteen times
with a rusty blade
Fine white girl in her prime,
such a sad, sad day
Too dark brown, on the wrong side of town,
yeah, they took me away
I had no chance when I stepped
in that witness stand
All white jury saw a monster,
not a poor black man
Lord, is there any justice
in the Promised Land?
Chorus
I’m innocent
Is anybody listening?
I’m innocent
Does anybody care?
Freedom don’t come easy
for a man like me
Musical Break
Chorus
I’m innocent
Is anybody listening?
I’m innocent
Does anybody care?
Freedom won’t come easy
For a man like me
For a man like me
For a man like me
© Kime/Sechelski
