[Hook]
What the fuck, America? Promises rust in the rain
Eagles circle carrion, feathers soaked in the pain
Stars on the flag lookin' dim through the haze
Stripes turn to bars when you live in this maze
What the fuck, America? We built you brick by brick
Now you sell us the sickness and pocket the fix
Hearts still pump, but the veins full of tricks
What the fuck, America? When we gon' flip the script?
[Verse 1]
I’m sharper than the needle in the arm of hope
Threadin’ through the fabric till the whole dream choke
Rich man’s yacht float while the poor rowboats
Sink in the ink of the lies they wrote
I’m colder than the shoulder that the vet get
When he come home broke and the VA forget
Hotter than the barrel on a traffic stop
When "license and registration" turn to body drop
Mind twist tighter than a tourniquet
On the limb of liberty they amputate quick
Laugh in the face of the farce, spit arsenic
Bars hit harder than a cop’s nightstick
[Verse 2]
Buckle up, corrupt construct crush craniums, crush trust
Dust to dust, lust for bucks bust guts, must discuss
Rusted justice system glitchin’, switchin’ rich man’s wishin’
Poor get prison, politicians kissin’ corporate mission
Vision blurred, third eye hurt from lies they servin’
Nerves burnin’, children learnin’ how to dodge the curb swervin’
Words whirl wind, skin spin sin within the skin they in
Grin and bear it while the billionaires win again and again
Adrenaline pen, venom blend, send 'em end to end
Bend trends, transcend, mend friends, ascend or descend
[Verse 3]
I was twelve when the pills came to quiet the storm
Mama workin’ three jobs just to keep the house warm
Daddy gone like the jobs that they shipped overseas
Left me talkin’ to shadows, beggin’ please
They say pull straps up, but the boots got no lace
Mental health a joke till you put gun to face
Therapist cost a rack, but the dope on the block
Got a discount for pain, come cop what you got
I survived the asylum they built in my mind
White walls, white lies, white pills prescribed
Still I rise with the scars as my stripes
Earned every bar in the dark of the night
[Interlude]
"What... the... fuck..."
[Verse 4]
Statues weep concrete tears for the ghosts in the stone
Founding fathers frownin’ from the debt that we owe
Health care scare, bare cupboards, prayers unheard
While the preachers get private jets preachin’ the word
I’m married to the hustle, divorced from the hope
Ring on my finger made of barbed wire rope
Kids scrollin’ through trauma on a phone they can’t own
Dopamine debt, collect calls from home
Overdose on the feed, bleed out in the comments
Promise land profit off the pain in our sonnets
But the phoenix in the ashes still flickers a flame
If we link up the pain, we can rewrite the game
[Verse 5]
Ignite the fight night, light ignite right, spite bite mic tight
Write spite, type hype, snipe lies, grip pliers, rip wires
Empire tire fire, sire liar, choir choir higher
Dire mire, wiretap choir, inspire prior prior
Retire tire, aspire fire, acquire pyre, sire sire
Truth serum in the lyrics, hear it clearer, fear it nearer
Mirror mirror smear the terror, error error, bearer bearer
Tear the terror layer, prayer player, slayer slayer
America, wake up or stay in the graveyard behavior
[Verse 6]
I’m laughin’ through the tears like a clown in a hearse
Makeup runnin’ black like the oil we curse
Dreams taste like copper pennies under tongue
Every promise made got a loaded gun
But I still spit fire in the pourin’ rain
Turn the pain to propane, let it fuel the change
We the glitch in the matrix, the code in the vein
What the fuck, America? We gon’ break the chain
[Outro Hook]
What the fuck, America...
We still here breathin’
Hearts still beatin’
Chains still creakin’...
Time to break even