“Is it a gun, is it a knife?
Is it a wallet, this is your life?
It ain't no secret,
It ain't no secret,
No secret my friend.
You can get killed just for living
In your American skin.”

—  Bruce Springsteen

"American Skin"
Song lyrics, High Hopes (2014)

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