IT’S AS SIMPLE AS FEAR, AS DISTURBING AS HATE, IT’S A FRAGILE AS HUMILITY
IT’S THE WAY THAT WE DEAL WITH WHAT WE TRULY FEEL ABOUT EVERYTHING WE SEE
RALLY ROUND A CAGE
OR ACT YOUR AGE
LIKE AGE OLD METHODS WE SCRATCHED FOREVER IN A PRISON WALL
WE KNOW WHAT WE’RE CAPABLE OF BUT WE DON’T SEEM TO CARE AT ALL
RALLY ROUND A CAGE, AND DON’T MAKE A FUSS
RALLY ROUND A CAGE, WHO AM I IF I’M NOT AWARE THAT I’M ONE OF US?
IT’S A QUESTION OF TRUST
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RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE, CRINGE AT THE PAPER THEN PLACE THE BLAME ON “THESE DAYS
AS IF WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’VE SEEN UNLESS WE VIEW IT ON THE BIG SCREEN
UNDERSTAND IT’S NOT GETTING BETTER AND IT’S GROWING OUTSIDE
A PRICE PAID IN FULL FOR THE CONSCIENCE THAT LIED
ALL THE BILLBOARDS IN THE WORLD CAN’T COVER OUR EYES
I DON’T UNDERSTAND
DON’T TREAD ON ME
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BUT WE ACT LIKE WE DIDN’T KNOW, THEN KIDS SHOOT KIDS OR COMMUNITY DEFIES ITS ROLE
THEN OF COURSE IT’S EVERYONE’S FAULT EXCEPT ANYONE WE MIGHT KNOW
TELL ME ARE THE COLORS OF THE FLAG MUCH PRETTIER TO SEE
WHEN VIEWED FROM THE REQUISITE COMFORT OF THE KNEES
WE’RE THE LOYAL LITTLE CHORUS STILL SINGING OUT “PLEASE”
I CAN’T UNDERSTAND
DON’T TREAD ON ME
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ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE PINK SLIPS, FOUR
WHERE “FAMILY VALUES” ARE A VALUE MOST CAN’T AFFORD
RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE, TO THE NEW HIT SONGS
RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE, CALLED “HOW CAN WE BE WRONG“
RALLY ‘ROUND A CAGE C’MON DO THE GOOSE STEP TO A STATE-SUBSIDIZED SING-ALONG
WITH ONE SIDE YANKING A LINE CALLED DAMAGE CONTROL
WHILE GROANING CUZ THEY FELT THAT THE NATIONAL RAZOR WENT DULL
BUT THE OTHER IS A PLACE I CALL HOME
WHERE SOLIDARITY IS SELDOM SHOWN
WHERE TAXES PAID IS LIKE GETTING SPADE TO A DOG WITH A THRIFT-STORE BONE
THIS ISN’T ME, THIS ISN’T ME,
THIS ISN’T ME, IT COULDN’T BE, THIS ISN’T ME
THIS ISN’T ME, IT COULDN’T BE, THIS ISN’T ME
THIS ISN’T ME, IT COULDN’T BE, IT WILL NEVER BE.