They Don’t Work for Us

Don't call the cops, they don't work for us
 put your hands in cuffs
 you know who runs this shit
 you know what runs this shit
 head of flesh, pound of steam
 piggy see your pocket, pick it clean
 but is that what we need, a common enemy?
 we imagine but we do nothing ketamine
 but what is there to do for real?
 who brought the stone?
 who brought the steel?
 watch what they guard in riot
 not about your feels
 no rules it's just deals
 the fever couldn't be more metered
 on the take and couldn't seem more eager
 and these are you leaders
 bend their will to what the CEO needed
 don't write your rep, they don't rep you
 with no respect due
 they don't even know what they're repping now
 when the lobby is bigger than the house
 got me thinking about what I should build and what I should leave
 If there's an out or if I should grab me a piece
 then I look at em feed, hook in their mouth, shuffle their feet
 as if that ever mattered to me
 I don't do that dance
 I just move like this
 I just bump my beat
 tell em who that is
 yes, I play that game
 but no, it's not the same
 and no, I'm not alone
 fuck it when it Rome I should let you know
 the tide is rising over here
 and we can't float on hope
 I ain't sinking on this god damn boat
 pull up the anchors
 hang em with our last length of rope
 they say put em up
 I don't think so
 bank says give it up
 I don't think so
 so let's mix it up
 watch where the money goes blank
 whole city taking that bait
 I'm thinking no way, I refuse to beg
 mind what I pay
 if free is what I really want
 they got law
 they got cuffs
 they got guns
 that they bust
 but we got us
 and they don't
 I was just thinking without being too clever
 that we could better
 but what's that resemble?
 beat em at their own game or break and dismantle
 see the coppers are in pocket and the coffers corrupt
 and the whole continent feels about to erupt
 this is not a call to arms or to fill up a coffin
 the alarm been ringing, this bring us and option
 I won't be run over lying down
 not now
 they say put em up
 I don't think so
 bank says give it up
 I don't think so
 so let's mix it up
 watch where the money goes blank
 whole city taking that bait
 I'm thinking no way, I refuse to beg
 mind what I pay
 if free is what I really want
 we got crushed
 we got lit
 but we got rough
 we got grit
 and we got us
 and they don't