California 1978
|
two men down
|
Letters piercing skin to intimidate
|
Sneaking weapons through the window
|
Ignorance disguised as insult
|
shovels shit onto their names
|
The damage isn't fleeting
|
when hate rips into veins
|
these are people you're demeaning
|
No I won't get over this one
|
trouble stains won't wash away
|
take this as appeal to reason
|
When those words fire out of mouths
|
the smell of venom on their breath
|
the bottom of the barrels been found
|
bullets fueled by smoking hopelessness
|
here's a screaming wake-up call
|
in-equal is a concept designed to make
|
the suffering small
|
everyone was equal until we hunted human difference
|
now we're dragging bodies to the landfill
|
triggers click
|
shatter monuments in heads
|
a cultural nosedive in intelligence
|
it's in the space between a nations teeth
|
you don't have to listen carefully. it keeps going
|
overlooked hidden in undertones
|
passed on and handed off in simple jokes
|
it keeps growing
|
Don't underestimate the power of the things you say
|
it's been too many years and far too little change
|
|
-----------------
|
What We Have Here, Is a Failure to Communicate
|
| We Are The Union |