Drive-By Truckers - What it means

^EHe was running down the street ^EWhen they shot him in his tracks ^A4About the only thing^A9 agreed upon ^A4Is he ain't coming b^A9ack ^EThere won't be any trial ^ESo the air it won't be cleared ^A4There's just two sid^A9es calling names ^A4Out of anger out of ^A9fear ^EIf you say it wasn't racial ^EWhen they shot him in his tracks ^A4Well I guess that me^A9ans that you ain't black ^A4It means that you ai^A9n't black ^EI mean Barack Obama won ^EAnd you can choose where to eat ^A4But you don't see to^A9o many white kids lying ^A4Bleeding on the stre^A9et

^EIn some town in Missouri ^EBut it could be anywhere ^A4It could be right he^A9re on Ruth Street ^A4In fact it's happene^A9d here ^EAnd it happened where you're sitting ^EWherever that might be ^A4And it happened last^A9 weekend ^A4And it will happen a^A9gain next week ^EAnd when they turned him over ^EThey were surprised there was no gun ^A4I mean he must have ^A9done something ^A4Or else why would he^A9 have run ^EAnd they'll spin it for the anchors ^EOn the television screen ^A4So we can shrug and ^A9let it happen ^A4Without asking what ^A9it means

^EWhat it means? ^EWhat it means?

^EThen I guess there was protesting ^EAnd some looting in some stores ^A4And someone was remi^A9nded that ^A4They ain't called co^A9lored folks no more ^EI mean we try to be politically ^ECorrect when we call names ^A4But what's the point^A9 of post-racial ^A4When old prejudice r^A9emains? ^EAnd that guy who killed that kid ^EDown in Florida standing ground ^A4Is free to beat up o^A9n his girlfriend ^A4And wave his brand n^A9ew gun around ^EWhile some kid is dead and buried ^EAnd laying in the ground ^EWith a pocket full of skittles

^EWhat it means? ^EWhat it means?

^EAstrophysics at our fingertips ^EAnd we're standing at the summit ^A4And some man with a ^A9joystick ^A4Lands a rocket on a ^A9comet ^EWe're living in an age ^EWhere limitations are forgotten ^A4The outer edges move^A9 and dazzle us ^A4But the core is some^A9thing rotten ^EAnd we're standing on the precipice ^EOf prejudice and fear ^A4We trust science jus^A9t as long ^A4As it tells us what ^A9we want to hear ^EWe want our truths all fair and balanced ^EAs long as our notions lie within it ^A4There's no sunlight ^A9in our asses ^A4And our heads are st^A9uck up in it ^EAnd our heroes may be rapists ^EWho watch us while we dream ^A4But don't look to me^A9 for answers ^A4Cuz I don't know wha^A9t it means

^EWhat it means? ^EWhat it means?