[Verse 1]
I went down to the Mary Carter Paint Store
I said, give me one of them Smith & Wesson Magnum .44s
'Cause there's a man that the law let loose and justice was not done
This man, he killed my wife and my only little son
[Verse 2]
I'll never forget the way he looked all through the trial
He had a big name lawyer and he had that smirky smile
Oh, yeah, he got you off on a technicality
But you'd have to grow wings and fly to ever get away from me
[Chorus]
'Cause I got rights, I got rights too
And this time there won't be no damn lawyers and systems to protect you
But I'm gonna read you... I'm gonna read you your rights
You got a right to know that you gonna go to hell one of these black nights
[Verse 3]
And when the trial was over he had the nerve to say that's the way it goes
I said, "Well, Hoss, you'd better get you some corks 'cause your gonna have to plug up a few holes"
Guess he thought I was talkin' just to pass away time
But he kinda looks different now on his knees beggin' for his life
[Chorus]
Hey, I got rights, I got some rights too
And this time there won't be no damn lawyers and systems to protect you
But I'm gonna read you... I'm gonna read you your rights
Because I want you to know that you're gonna go to hell one of these black nights
[Outro]
Naw, and this time there ain't no damn lawyers and systems to save you
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