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STANDING ON A HILL
IN A MOUNTAIN OF DREAMS
WATCHING THE BLOOD SPILL
INTO FLOWING, RED STREAMS.
AT TIMES IT SEEMS,
A BIT DISTURBING
TO HEAR THE SCREAMS
AND THE CHOPPER SWERVING
OVERHEAD!
ALL NIGHT LONG,
LOOKING THROUGH INFRA-RED,
LIKE IF IT'S VIETNAM.
I SEE SO MANY
SO THE TIME IS NEAR.
BECAUSE, WE'VE SUFFERED PLENTY.
WE'VE LIVED OUR LIVES
IN FEAR.
WE'RE NOT STRANGERS
TO THE VIOLENCE.
WE KNOW THE DANGERS
OF BROKEN SILENCE,
BUT WHEN ALL HELL
BREAKS LOOSE
AND THE STREETS REBEL
AGAINST POLICE ABUSE,
JUST KEEP IN MIND
THIS SUBTLE WARNING:
IT'S ONLY A MATTER TIME
A REVOLUTION'S FORMING
IN THE HEARTS OF A PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.
TORN APART AND TREATED UNEQUAL
SO DON'T BE SO CONFUSED
AND WONDER WHY
WHEN IT'S TOO LATE.
DON'T BOTHER TO CRY,
WE WON'T HESITATE.
WE'VE SHED TEARS FOR YEARS
AND NOBODY SEEMED TO CARE.
WE'VE LIVED THROUGH YEARS OF FEAR
AND LEARNED THAT LIFE
JUST ISN'T FAIR.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT US
TO BE FORGIVING
WHEN OUR LIVES
HAVE BEEN SO TRAGIC?
I KNOW THEY HATE US
JUST FOR LIVING
WISH WE'D VANISH BY THEIR MAGIC.
BUT,
HOCUS POCUS AIN'T ENOUGH.
THAT'S WHY THEY CHOKE US
WHEN WE'RE CUFFED.
MAN, I TELL YOU
WE COULD ONLY TAKE SO MUCH.
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE VALUE
OF EVERY LIFE YOU TOUCH.
IF YOU NEGLECT US,
DON'T EXPECT US ALL TO TAKE IT.
IF YOU SUPPRESS US WITH THE LAW,
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BREAK IT!
THE NIGHT JUST SEEMS
TO BE FILLED WITH TENSION
BECAUSE OF BROKEN DREAMS
THAT ARE SELDOM MENTIONED.
THERE WILL COME A TIME
WHEN THEY'LL TAKE NO MORE,
I CAN SENSE THE HOSTILITY IN THE AIR.
I'M NOT SAYING TONIGHT
WE'LL START AN ALL OUT WAR...
BUT THE POSSIBILITY IS ALWAYS THERE.
Written by Gato for ©Digital Aztlán
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