You wear blue you carry a gun and a badge
only goes to show how little struggle you've had
you uphold our laws decide what's right and what's wrong
have you ever had to do what we've done
we survive how we can
together or apart we always manage to stand
think your better then us because you haven't been behind bars
haven't had to fight to save your own life
do you sleep with a knife under your pillow tonight
wondering if it's the day it all goes away
maybe this time the shit you stick me with will stay
you blame our parents, say they raised us wrong
hold us to the standards, were unable to follow
yet you're right we're the ones in the wrong
we rise up, you push us down using your batons riot shields spray us to the ground
yet we keep on and you wonder to yourself
why are they still here, haven't you put enough in the ground
you've cleared our cultures
smashed them to the dirt, and if god is my witness
wait how does that work, you make us swear on a bible,
yet won't teach it in schools
how are we supposed to learn when you keep changing the rules
guilty until proven innocent yeah that is what you say
yet you've seen us as guilty, painted us that way
you walk in the streets, in your white cars with the lights
red and blue flashing, who's life are you messing with tonight
doesn't matter the reason why
we've done what we've done it's all to survive
scar our wrists with your metal bracelets take our children
paint us as disgraces, yet when you're standing there
with your boys in blue
you've got the law the man the power behind you,
what do we have besides what we fight for
we struggle and grind, so our kids will have a life worth living for
so before you judge the scars on our skins
maybe you should sit where we've been
take a walk through our poverty
go hungry to feed your own
maybe then you'll realize all we've ever been is grown
the pain that we bear isn't just on our sleeves,
it's adapted our minds our hearts our dreams
we fight on our own because that's to whom we depend
can you really say you've done this with your trust fund friends
they say that we are free yet you tie us down
the law is the law, but should we pretend
keep us inline keep us docile while you profit
keep your pockets full
while we sit here on the docket
time served, lesson learned yet we struggle just the same
the only breaks you give is to your own kind
that's all I'm saying
how do you expect us to breathe easy tonight
with our hearts torn out struggling for life
do you expect us to magically be able to pull it from our asses
maybe it would work if for once we had full glasses
not stuck with the remains of the lives you've drained
place us into the system so your quotas are full
yet I don't think you realize that in doing this
your causing more problems
stirring more shit
so maybe just once if you tilted the scales in our hands,
we wouldn't have to grovel, wouldn't have to break
the laws that you wrote and expect us to follow
to serve and protect that's supposed to be your motto
who do you serve when you accuse without proof
who do you protect when we're out here dying
how are you following the codes that you've written
but when all is said and done
up there you stand with us on the ground
blue pants blue shirts, a gun a badge, and a book in your hands
what's right and what's wrong
yeah that's a load of shit
it's what's right for you, and what can cause you the problems
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