"Love wins" and it still rings true...
"Love wins" and it still rings true,
But the headphones go in and people watch cat videos on Youtube;
Freedom of speech where you're free to speak
If the words fall in line, otherwise they turn the other cheek;
When did we categorize our voices and start taking sides
Against our brothers and sisters; we put up walls and hide?
Different mindsets can be a beautiful thing
If we found that balance, the Liberty Bell softly rings;
But we abuse it and that thundering sound
Creates a separation when it breaks all around;
Apparently, I'm a liberal for the message I spread
There's seething heat in their eyes when this is read;
But these ideas are applied sparsely and they take your dignity;
Then, they'll tell you when they want to see some unity;
"Oh, have some sanity. Oh, the humanity!"
But they're selling placebos to increase their following;
Open your mouth and that gust of wind will shake their brittle foundation
Relying on We the People, but we have that determination
To expose them for what they truly are and we can be
The first to see
We're liberally given our Liberty
BOOM
A kid shot in the street
By gang-related activity, they’ve spilled blood;
No massive riots and we put our hands up in defeat;
BOOM
Another kid shot in the street
By police, they’ve spilled blood;
Our mourning has fire, broken glass, and we won’t put up our hands to retreat;
Both sides are the victims and perpetrators,
We don’t want the facts; we are our own investigators;
It’s not black and white there’s so much grey area
It might as well be fog spreading like bacteria
Because we’re so blind from our own criteria;
Address the real problems where we put excuses
For fear that we are the monsters who inflict abuses
Upon our innocent and brainwash to feel entitled,
We set it to the permanent-press cycle;
Mindlessly watch it go around and around
And we feel no free will, we are bound
To keep pressing that button while stuck in our seat;
Is this our feat?
Rinse and repeat.