Belly of the Beast

I live in the belly of the beast

Though I only meant to look into his mouth

It was not opportunity but chains he used to capture me

And every day I've tried to get back out

I live in the belly of the beast

This land is built with

Brutal machines

The bones of millions

And stolen dreams

How did we all get down here?

What evil have we done

To deserve the cruelty of America

We live in the belly of the beast

Where the policemen

Come around

Every so often

To cut you down

No night to hear when you're called

No knight to help you when you fall

Just to remind you that you've got no rights at all

When you live in the belly of the beast

No constitution

Can justify

No ethnic cleansing

Can sanitize

Illegal occupation

Colonial domination

And these great big words are heavy on my mind

I live in the belly of the beast

You may be thinking

To break down the walls

If you raise that hammer

You'll kill us all

Suicide ain't revolution

The goal is to survive

And we cannot win 'till we get organized

We live in the belly of the beast

And though I only meant to look into his mouth

It was not opportunity but chains he used to capture me

And I've been trying every day to get back out

I live in the belly of the beast

We live in the belly of the beast