Major Taylor

from "Major Taylor b/w Personal Emergencies" 7" by Franklin

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lyrics

It's mass hysteria what's become of our hero?
Fallen victim to a new kind of gravity
Backwards forwards and many degrees
The major's not around so the youth are
They polluted our airways
They diluted the rhythms and sounds
So the Major has gone underground

Look up in the sky it's a bullet it's a plane
It's our hero but he hangs his head in shame
Stand clear when the sound systems play
The Major confessed that he's not at his best
these days

There is no inspiration here, just a facade

Look up in the sky it's a bullet it's a plane
It's our hero but he hangs his head in shame
Stand clear when the sound systems play
The Major confessed that he's not at his best
these days

So who's gonna save you now?

Ring the alarm the Major's soul is dying

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from "Major Taylor b/w Personal Emergencies" 7", released September 1, 1998

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Formed in 1992, Franklin was a band from Philadelphia. They broke up in 2000.

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