When I was younger, the world
Shined ever so bright
Little did I know that'd change
One faithless night
Every news station showed
Faces of those who were slain
And I was scared shitless
For I saw, we all looked the same
My mother sat me down
She told me, with tears in her eyes
That there is no gray
In a world that's all black and white
You'll make people laugh
And sometimes you'll make them cry
But they won't be happy until
The day that you die
O say I can't breathe
By the red and blue lights
So proudly we hail
At the ones that we smite
O'er the land of the free
And the home of depraved
With a rope on my neck
And a boot on my grave
These days I am melanin rich
But mentally poor
Cause I'm too scared to even step foot
Out of my door
I could paint this whole town inside out
With a smile on my face
But this drink in my hand
Might just be the last thing I embrace
I was told I'd look better in red
By the boys in blue
And these friends that I have
Well you see, They don't have a clue
That this system is embedded
With sin and they're woven in
And I'm the one spinning this
Broke down cotton gin
O say I can't breathe
By the red and blue lights
So proudly we hail
At the ones that we smite
O'er the land of the free
And the home of depraved
With a rope on my neck
And a boot on my grave
Lady Liberty
I come to you, on bended knee
These Stars and Stripes aren't fitting
As they seem
Our stars are shot right down
And we wear these stripes
Like a thorn Crown
And you cut our tongues
Right out so you
Can try to sleep so sound
Well, I'm 400 years of straight
Living In crippling fear
So listen up closely as I say
What you need to hear
I won't ask for forgiveness from God
For I know that he'll frown
As I light this match and I'll burn
All this shit to the ground
For this war paint and blood
Well it comes It comes, oh, it comes all in one
And no matter the cost
I'll still fight for what needs to be done
So then one day, the caged bird is freed
To spread out its wings
And fly so damn far away
It won't have to sing
O say I can't breathe
By the red and blue lights
So proudly we hail
At the ones that we smite
O'er the land of the free
And the home of depraved
With a rope on my neck
And a boot on my grave
So comrades and charlatans
Hidden in right plain sight
Let's reclaim what's ours
Just for once and take back the night
We're thieves and we're looters
And sin, or so that we're called
But we are the future
And this world is for us all
