10 Years A Slave

Don't be surprised when they're starving your children They killed so many in the far away lands Long ago they had no right but they still took islands with hostel hands War is the only currency they know except for what's in their back pocket And you could have stopped them But you voted them in You're no better on the other side No matter how far you try to hide it With ten years it feels like a hundred And we all no who's to blame Ten years we've been your slaves and your servants And I guess its five of the same Do you know what its like to dream of a sea of red and wake to find it blue There are no more home grown heros left they all believe the lies are true You want to trick a whole generation rely on fear and imagination And you could have stopped them But you voted them in You're no better on the other side No matter how far you try to hide it With ten years it feels like a hundred And we all no who's to blame Ten years we've been your slaves and your servants And I guess its five of the same You could have stopped them but you voted them in You could have stopped them but you voted them in You could have stopped them but you voted them in You could have stopped them but you voted them in What is all this fighting for my brothers We're only hurting one another The only true struggling class What will it take for us to discover They've hold us for years and years and years And all we do is watch them win And you could have stopped them But you voted them in You're no better on the other side No matter how far you try to hide it With ten years it feels like a hundred And we all no who's to blame Ten years we've been your slaves and your servants And I guess its five of the same