SYMBOL OF WAR

Now I got scars from your whip If the hands are bloodstained I can't acquit Great grandma lived through rape and chains You ain't walk in these shoes You don't know my pain Now You wanna wrap your flag around me You want me to stand for the devil's song You want hand to heart when the blue pigs hound me I'm takin a knee when i hear that song Yeah I'm takin a knee every time it's on Yeah I'm takin a knee when i hear that song Look I pledge allegiance to myself I pledge allegiance to the queen That brought to me the rainbow and the sun And to the children who carry forward the story of my flesh and blood I pledge allegiance to the earth To the energies and fabric of the universe That are tightly sewn to the seams of my soul But I have no ears to lend to nonsensical babble Preaching subservience to the banner of Babel I hold hand to heart for no rag For no cloth of nations will I have pride Especially for one whose stripes Are stained with blood And whose face is tattooed with genocide I'll shed no blood for flying colors Nor honor the hands that first wove them My loyalty is a trait and service that is earned So ready your urns For I would sooner roll it up and let it burn Than let praise sing To create false Gods of material things This dangerous pride These colorful narcotics that are raised up high Has billions so addicted to flag worship and lies They willingly give their lives In defense of egos Becoming Devils brides Not even heroin or crack has claimed as many lives But we are free and encouraged To overdose on these opiates Free and encouraged to nod and lean While bloodied bodies of thousands No longer have the privilege to dream Right now Right now Right now I bet someone hearing this Is burning up with anger and hate Furious at my sedition Ready to deliver pain in the name of these non living Inanimate objects And I am not fazed Nor will I ever be moved to wave Or become comatose slave to any nation's Symbol of war Now I got scars from your whip If the hands are bloodstained I can't acquit Great grandma lived through rape and chains You ain't walk in these shoes You don't know my pain Now You wanna wrap your flag around me You want me to stand for the devil's song You want hand to heart when the blue pigs hound me I'm takin a knee when i hear that song Yeah I'm takin a knee every time it's on Yeah I'm takin a knee when i hear that song