From the beginning, we would like to acknowledge that the minority groups emphasized in the chorus are not equally oppressed by law enforcement and our social paradigm. However, they are all groups victimized by the United State's systematic repression of the "Other"; and in many cases, are all objects of discrimination in the eyes of the law. You may find a black cop, a Jewish cop, an Asian cop; but the orders they follow are, and always have been, instituted by white cis hetero men. And so we sing...
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A young boy from Cleveland playin' with a fake gun,
Everyone knew Tamir was just having some fun,
A cop yelled "hands up!" but he didn't understand
So he got one in the torso then he got one again.
There he goes, crashing on the driveway,
Everybody sees it thinking that there's no way
The cop would get away claiming he didn't know
The gun was fake, but he did, because that's how it goes.
We are good cops,
Until we see a poor, Hispanic, Afro, Asian or Jew
We are freedom fighters, you cannot fight us,
The system works for us and it'll work for you too!
A young man at 18 named Michael Brown,
Livin' his life down in Ferguson town,
Stole some cigarillos, got caught on tape,
And an officer pulls up to practice his hate,
Upset teenager got a little cocky,
Advanced toward officer Wilson's SUV;
But unarmed and harmless the boy was shot down,
And the man got away with murdering Michael Brown...
We are good cops,
Until we see a gay, Hispanic, Afro, Asian or Jew
We are freedom fighters, you cannot fight us,
The system works for us and it'll work for you too!
A boy walking home with some Skittles and an iced tea,
Purchased with his very own money,
A neighborhood watch man sees a black kid walking at night,
And decided it was time to go pick a fight,
So he picks up the phone, rings the phone,
But because of Florida's stand-your-ground law,
George stuck a bullet right in Treyvon's chest,
Acquitted for his crimes while the boy was laid to rest!
We are good cops,
Until we see a poor, Hispanic, Afro, Asian or Jew
We are freedom fighters, you cannot fight us,
The system works for us and it'll work for you too!
They say it's only a few rotten apples in the group,
But when they touch the others the rest become rotten too.
Fast-paced SKAte punk with a teeny weeny bit of melodic hardcore peppered in
MettaGov began in
2017 as people who wanted 2 things: 1) more fast punk music in Akron, and 2) more people speaking out about sociopolitical and socioeconomic issues relevant to the poor and working class, especially those belonging to marginalized groups....more
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