Don't wanna be a martyr in this war
Don't wanna hear the same excuses anymore
That everything's a threat
And it's only gonna get worse if we let it
Don't wanna blame the rich for what they got
Don't point a finger at the poor for what they have not
Though the politician and the priest
Live in the belly of the beast because we fed it
Freedom is seldom found
By beating someone to the ground
Telling them how everything is gonna be now, yeah
Now if the tables were turned tell me how you would feel
Somebody busted up into your house telling you to stay still
While the leaders will deny defeat
Innocents they testify by dying in the street
Freedom is seldom found
By beating someone to the ground
Telling them how everything is gonna be now
Freedom is seldom found
By beating someone to the ground
Telling them how everything is gonna be now
Don't wanna hear the same excuses anymore
That everything's a threat
And it's only gonna get worse if we let it
Don't point a finger at the poor for what they have not
Though the politician and the priest
Live in the belly of the beast because we fed it
By beating someone to the ground
Telling them how everything is gonna be now, yeah
Somebody busted up into your house telling you to stay still
While the leaders will deny defeat
Innocents they testify by dying in the street
By beating someone to the ground
Telling them how everything is gonna be now
By beating someone to the ground
Telling them how everything is gonna be now
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I love the first verse of this song. It's totally how I feel now about things in the world. It's just a song about how you can't gain freedom through hurting people, only through love nad help in the world.
Lee openly sings about the brewing bullshit in the United States of these recent past years.
He writes often about people struggling...like not being able to afford rent in "keep it loose, keep it tight" ...He's obviously hurt before, just like most of us in our 20's and 30's. He's just real..in every sense. Love the man (: I listen to this song on repeat and sing it loud!