Shots! Lyrics

Come night terrors

Save me from sleep

Doomsday is upon us

My chest fills with blood

You've cut me deep

Fuck your thoughts

And your prayers for peace

I refuse to be another dead nigger

Getting covered in white sheets

This is the start of a war

And the fight's for my life

We get knees to the neck

For the crime of having skin

Having skin that's not white

Keep us guessing

We don't know which way to turn

Enemies disguised as friends

I guess we'll never learn

Manifesto signed in blood

Our aim is set to kill

You haven't changed

And you never will

Gunshots gunshots and torture

For anyone who stands upon this field

Fight fire with fire

Don't you tell me how to feel

Maybe you'll listen

When my boot has pinned your head down

To the floor

This silent soldier is silent

No more

Is silent no more

You've got me stopped in my tracks

I wasn't trying to flee

You don't hear what I'm saying

But I know damn well

You motherfuckers can see

My hands are up

But you're still shooting

Ignore the murder and

Go stop the looting

The body count is sloped on one side

And though we know the truth

You continue to deny

Knees bent remain silent

We only ask for peace

Protect and serve dignity's earned

You uphold bad beliefs

This home's become a war zone

We're under attack

Red sirens scream

White spotlights flash

Blue shirts send bullets

Straight to my back

Gunshots gunshots and torture

For anyone who stands upon this field

Fight fire with fire

Don't you tell me how to feel

Maybe you'll listen

When my boot has pinned your head down

To the floor

This silent soldier is silent

No more

On the beat you blew the brain

From the head of a man with open hands

In front of his neighborhood

You weave deceit and claim that

As he moved to raise his hands

You saw a threat and pulled the trigger

For his own good

My clenched fists are no longer aimed for these walls

I'll make a change no matter what the cost

You're not so brave without a gun or baton in hand

I'll send you home from work in a wooden box

Gunshots gunshots and torture

For anyone who stands upon this field

Fight fire with fire

Don't you tell me how to feel

I won't listen to your lies

And your contrition anymore

My trigger's happy to see you

No more talk let's settle the score

I'm your nightmare

Nerves are spent

This is the final solution

The damage is done

And you've set a new precedent