Sunset On 32nd Street
When they broke down the door and put their guns in the face of your wife and child
And as they pinned you to the floor, did you say, "officer, (I'm not resisting you"!)
(American justice), American dream
Is this what, the other half means?
Half of our lives dissolved in fear
Half our rights, they (disappear)
Is our apathy so corrosive?
Where does the cycle start?
Hear the sirens screaming out in the distance
Hold your family (close to your heart)
(American justice), American lies
A war of words (that I despise)
I wish the good cops, if they exist, (the very best)
And a bullet (for all the)
Complications, (injustice)
(Deliberations), what's the deal?
They fake it, (we break it!)
And take back what they steal
We could rise, black and white unbound and make them pay
Every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays
(We could rise, black and white) and make them pay
For every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays
(When they dropped) the bomb on the building to kill a movement
Killed, the rights of the murdered went?
Police terror in the eyes of the children
Police terror in (the streets of every town!)
Where's our freedom when the sun goes down?
And will the houses that the landlords built keep out the bullet sound?
(American justice), American lies
A racist prison, anaesthetized
I wish the good cops, if they exist, (the very best)
(And a bullet for all the)
Complications, injustice
Deliberations, what's the deal?
They fake it, (we break it)
And take back what they steal!
We could rise, black and white unbound and make them pay
For every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays
(We could rise, black and white) and make them pay
For every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays
Before they broke down the door and put their guns in the face of your wife and child
And as they pinned you to the floor, did you say, "officer, (I'm not resisting you"!)
(American justice), American dream
Is this what the other half means?
Half of our lives dissolved in fear
Half our rights, they disappear
Is our apathy so corrosive?
Where does the cycle start?
Hear the sirens screaming out in the distance
Hold your family (close to your heart)
(American justice), American lies
A war of words (that I despise)
I wish the good cops, if they exist, (the very best)
And a bullet (for all the)
Complications, injustice
Deliberations, what's the deal?
They fake it, (we break it)
And take back what they steal
We could rise, black and white unbound and make them pay
For every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays, (go!)
(We could rise, black and white) and make them pay
For every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays
If we try
Yeah, we tried
If we try
(Yeah, we tried)
To defend
Together, together
Together, (together)
Defend our yesterdays
Ttogether, (together)
Defend our tomorrows, (together, together)
Defend our yesterdays
(Together, together)
Defend our tomorrows
Together, together
And as they pinned you to the floor, did you say, "officer, (I'm not resisting you"!)
(American justice), American dream
Is this what, the other half means?
Half of our lives dissolved in fear
Half our rights, they (disappear)
Is our apathy so corrosive?
Where does the cycle start?
Hear the sirens screaming out in the distance
Hold your family (close to your heart)
(American justice), American lies
A war of words (that I despise)
I wish the good cops, if they exist, (the very best)
And a bullet (for all the)
Complications, (injustice)
(Deliberations), what's the deal?
They fake it, (we break it!)
And take back what they steal
We could rise, black and white unbound and make them pay
Every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays
(We could rise, black and white) and make them pay
For every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays
(When they dropped) the bomb on the building to kill a movement
Killed, the rights of the murdered went?
Police terror in the eyes of the children
Police terror in (the streets of every town!)
Where's our freedom when the sun goes down?
And will the houses that the landlords built keep out the bullet sound?
(American justice), American lies
A racist prison, anaesthetized
I wish the good cops, if they exist, (the very best)
(And a bullet for all the)
Complications, injustice
Deliberations, what's the deal?
They fake it, (we break it)
And take back what they steal!
We could rise, black and white unbound and make them pay
For every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays
(We could rise, black and white) and make them pay
For every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays
Before they broke down the door and put their guns in the face of your wife and child
And as they pinned you to the floor, did you say, "officer, (I'm not resisting you"!)
(American justice), American dream
Is this what the other half means?
Half of our lives dissolved in fear
Half our rights, they disappear
Is our apathy so corrosive?
Where does the cycle start?
Hear the sirens screaming out in the distance
Hold your family (close to your heart)
(American justice), American lies
A war of words (that I despise)
I wish the good cops, if they exist, (the very best)
And a bullet (for all the)
Complications, injustice
Deliberations, what's the deal?
They fake it, (we break it)
And take back what they steal
We could rise, black and white unbound and make them pay
For every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays, (go!)
(We could rise, black and white) and make them pay
For every tear, for every fear, defend our yesterdays
If we try
Yeah, we tried
If we try
(Yeah, we tried)
To defend
Together, together
Together, (together)
Defend our yesterdays
Ttogether, (together)
Defend our tomorrows, (together, together)
Defend our yesterdays
(Together, together)
Defend our tomorrows
Together, together
Credits
Writer(s): Matthew Gregory Sherwood
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