Yeah, it’s usually socioeconomic factors of some sort.
Only a lad
You really can’t blame him
Only a lad
Society made him
Only a lad
He’s our responsibility
Oh, oh-woah-woah
Only a lad
He really couldn’t help it
Only a lad
He didn’t wanna do it
Only a lad
He’s underprivileged and abused
Perhaps a little bit confused
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-Oingo Boingo
a protected class when it comes to murder especially when the victim is white and the victimized are black except when they are both black than the outcome is still the same especially in chicago