For What

(album: Open Mouth, Open Heart - 2021)

You're a pig with money stuffed in your mouth
I wish you could admit what the law is really about
You use your power in evil ways
"Serve and protect" do you mean what you say?
No!

I'm done with politics
I just want peace
I'm sick of starving here
Down at your feet
Why do I hold you up
Why do I please
Take back the power
By any means

People who die in their hands don't have to live in silence
We carry their voices through our own, and through condemning violence
Destroy the systems they're meant to work against us forever
Time to break the chains
And throw cash in with your thoughts and prayers

I'm done with politics
I just want peace
I'm sick of starving here
Down at your feet
Why do I hold you up
Why do I please
Take back the power
By any means

The systems will not dismantle overnight
It starts in your head
And it should be followed by action
By fucking action
The government should be doing more, and they have all the resources they need to take care of us
But they choose not to
For what
For what!
For money
For greed
They've been doing this for centuries
And the resistance has always been there
It grows. Dies. And it comes back again!