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Give the Whites an acre on the edge of town
A rifle to convince them that they’re safe and sound 
Naturally it's for their own protection
That's how we plan to have them keep the Native population down

Whip the Whites who try to hide Black runaways
Reward them for reporting those who disobey
Excommunicate interracial married couples who cohabitate
We can't afford another coalition that would
Compromise our fragile capital position any day
Not in any way  

Virginia Statute Act 12: 
Be it enacted and declared that all children born in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother.

Virginia Statute Act 22:
Be it therefore enacted that any captured English servant accompanying a runaway Negro must serve time for said Negro's absence.

Virginia Statute Act 41:
Whatsoever white man or woman being free shall intermarry with a negro, mulatto or Indian man or woman shall be banished and removed from this dominion forever.

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Bacon was the warning shot across the bow
His strategy is nagging at me even now
His workers found a way to work together
Their appetite for joining Black and White is what we can't allow

Strip some Blacks and rip their backs out in the square
We'll treat them like a feature at the county fair
By day or night when Black and White assemble
Defiance from any alliance should be punished everywhere

The children of the slaves we own as property
           (cause that's the law)
We lynch them when they stray from home improperly
           (cause that's our job)
Here's some good advice
Never let them make you have to give an order twice

They're simple-minded and uncivilized
Any independence should be neutralized

As pious and devoted men of God
We should never feel we need to spare the rod

The master has a fundamental role
To remind a worker who is in control

For the benefit of the community
We perform our duties with impunity