You know the only thing we murder is the beats 'round here Unless it's coming from the cops, it's peace 'round here Cease fire for the lost ones when we reminisce over you Raise the fists overdue The melting pot, red hot spilled over to the streets Blood boiled and my stomach in a knot Some think it's halloween Jack sparrow with an axe, bow, and an arrow Like that kid on Tatooine Mind playing tricks on the irony of throwing Bricks to buildings, destroy to build things Android sheep meeping like bots Lurking in the trailer, bad actors in a lot So everybody got a point Thank god it's not a gun in your face, or get sprayed by mace What is it about race? Skin color is a rich history you can never erase The only thing we murder is the beats 'round here Unless it's coming from the cops, it's peace 'round here Cease fire for the lost ones when we reminisce over you Raise the fists overdue When we reminisce over you It's more than a deep memory Genes dominant, confront the cold enemy Call it role rage by the men in uniform Cross burning on the lawn of the office, men uniformed They wanna turn back the clock on the progress 6 Million and one ways to protest The cold testament, to the four horsemen Prophecy self-fulfilling, wonder why they can't stand the kneeling Can't breathe, stuffed pocket in a breeze Lint screen full of torn tea bags and forgotten receipts All crumpled up after getting soaked in defeat But we made like dried petals and rose to our feet Defiant, still in the grill of adversity Injustice reached a new level of absurdity We know what a life's worth, don't tell us otherwise We fight on the other side of televised The only thing we murder is the beats 'round here Unless it's coming from the cops, it's peace 'round here Cease fire for the lost ones when we reminisce over you Raise the fists overdue Raise the fists overdue