'Round Here

You know the only thing we murder is the beats 'round here
 Unless it's coming from the cops, it's peace 'round here
 Cease fire for the lost ones when we reminisce over you
 Raise the fists overdue
 The melting pot, red hot spilled over to the streets
 Blood boiled and my stomach in a knot
 Some think it's halloween
 Jack sparrow with an axe, bow, and an arrow
 Like that kid on Tatooine
 Mind playing tricks on the irony of throwing
 Bricks to buildings, destroy to build things
 Android sheep meeping like bots
 Lurking in the trailer, bad actors in a lot
 So everybody got a point
 Thank god it's not a gun in your face, or get sprayed by mace
 What is it about race?
 Skin color is a rich history you can never erase
 The only thing we murder is the beats 'round here
 Unless it's coming from the cops, it's peace 'round here
 Cease fire for the lost ones when we reminisce over you
 Raise the fists overdue
 When we reminisce over you
 It's more than a deep memory
 Genes dominant, confront the cold enemy
 Call it role rage by the men in uniform
 Cross burning on the lawn of the office, men uniformed
 They wanna turn back the clock on the progress
 6 Million and one ways to protest
 The cold testament, to the four horsemen
 Prophecy self-fulfilling, wonder why they can't stand the kneeling
 Can't breathe, stuffed pocket in a breeze
 Lint screen full of torn tea bags and forgotten receipts
 All crumpled up after getting soaked in defeat
 But we made like dried petals and rose to our feet
 Defiant, still in the grill of adversity
 Injustice reached a new level of absurdity
 We know what a life's worth, don't tell us otherwise
 We fight on the other side of televised
 The only thing we murder is the beats 'round here
 Unless it's coming from the cops, it's peace 'round here
 Cease fire for the lost ones when we reminisce over you
 Raise the fists overdue
 Raise the fists overdue