The Price of Life Itself Lyrics

We're raiding drug stores to finally cure the disease

Peel back the skin and see the real thing

Go follow the money, tell me where it leads you

Do you think you're not part of the same machine?

We're bugging phone lines, and tapping into your dreams

Did you think freedom would be free?

We can't provide security 'cause the price tag would be too steep

And who'd finance the enemy?

Treat our militia like trigger-happy machines

Fewer lives saved than casualties

We all poison the water, and drink it up because it tastes so sweet

For some, not all

We still believe in angels, and leaving everyone blind

Sentencer says"eye for an eye"

But he still talks to the money

Taking bail and bribe security

The price of life itself

You love to talk but you're finished making sense

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Little man with a big mouth

Train him, give him a big gun

Dosed up to do some power tripping

There ain't no justice, white judge addresses all white jury

Hear no perspective that don't come from white congregations

White legislation proposed by white administrations

Enforced by other-fearing victims of white isolation

Believe no pictures

We live by prophecies (Ignored by white abominations)

Affirm convictions while we sleep

We walk lambs to the slaughter

To give our sons and daughters what they need

For mine, not yours

We still don't hear no answers

That challenge what we think (Oh, yeah)

Don't need no harsh reality

We can stay above the water

While still lending a hand to those who sink (No way!)

The price of life itself (Not me)

When I was younger

My momma told me

In this world there are sheep and there are wolves

And you can be whichever one you want to be

'Cause when you look like you there's a choice

And I chose, woo

But momma didn't raise no wolf

And I was never really one to fight

You know I never had no friends

But that's life

I thought it always looked like fun

When they gun 'em down on the TV

In the cops I saw a hero

'Cause you know they all looked just like me

Just like me

How's that?

Try white, rich, Christian and unstable

And they ain't gotta take no accountability

They just say that they were scared and under pressure

As if that's not the only special skill set needed to do their job