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lyrics

Freedom is not something that you will be given
Freedom is something you take
Steal it back from the powers that bind you!

Chorus:
The powers that be are disseminating hypocrisy
To keep us proud to be living beneath them
They speak their empty words
And still we listen

They say justice is blind
They gouged out both her eyes
So caught up in the laws, she cannot see what’s wrong or right

Cause justice is a lie
A cover for abuse
The only guilty criminals are the ones that they will choose

Chorus

They call it terrorism,
Protesting the state
Take nonviolent action and they lock you in a cage

Promising you rights
Unless you really make a change
Well you’re doing something right, if they feel so damn afraid

They call it heroism
Taking lives away
Murdering for money
Spreading fear and hate

Bombs fall on the innocent
Dismembered by the blast
Then you come back home a “hero”
And we have to kiss your ass

Chorus

They have us where they want us and they’ll keep us there until…

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from BATSHIT, released August 30, 2019

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Batshit California

Traveling musician, poet, artist, and vagabond

They/Them

Genderqueer
Anarchist
DIY

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