A hopeless situation, think before you state your views
Constraint on self expression, on freedom of speach
And a right to the truth
Step into the future with laws from the past
Persecution and suppression on the publics right to life
Freedom of speach, yes, but for the biggoted minority
The ones who think they're paragons
Dictators of authority
Minimum resistance
But enough to make your point
No need for violent outbreaks
Or to tear up all the joint
Actions may speak louder
Than the words you want to say
All that children learn
When buildings burn
Is violence doesn't pay
People on the streets, trying so hard, just to get by
Their anger silhouetted ñneath the glow of the evening sky
A neighbourhood, too quik to fall
With residential march
As police infringe on the voter's rights
The politicians laugh
Again, once more the actions of the few
Have cost the rest of us dear
So now if we fight
We have to scribe, black on white
Leaving our mark to defend
A petitioned written word
The only way to be heard
The injustice of it all takes it's toll
For those we put in power
Are found wanton come the hour
The white papers take control
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