We got murderers that pose as police
Meanwhile, child molesters posin' as priests, there's no peace
Floatin' in nonsense, Republicans floodin' the government
Holdin' it hostage, soon as they vote 'em to Congress
Doesn't matter who's runnin', do nothin', controllin' your prospects
False idols are posin' as prophets
Fitting, 'cause they're only focused on profits
And only care about you if ya open your wallets
Open your eyelids, the system we live in is fucked
Flavor Aid laced with cyanide, drinkin' it up
Pour a little iodine into the cut
Because America's history was scripted and written in blood
And these wounds have been infected for years
It's high time that somebody injected the cure
The message is clear, we gotta raise up
And take what's rightfully ours back from these fake fucks

Yeah, we gotta raise up
We gotta, w-w-w-we gotta raise up
When they gonna wake up? We don't want that same stuff
Nothin's gonna change if we don't make it change up, so we gotta
W-w-w-we gotta raise up
We gotta, w-w-w-we gotta raise up
People goin' bankrupt, bodies gettin' chained up
Somethin's gotta change, so we gotta make it change up

It's a systemic epidemic and we want improvement, not excuses
Stop the foolishness of tryin' to get around the Constitution
Watch the news and see it spun like helicopters movin'
You can try to justify it but they're still brainwashin' viewers
Demonizing honest humans, twistin' facts to scoff at looters
Strangers in a comment section callin' them some jobless losers
Police sprayin' mace and labelin' them opportunists
Protesters arrested just to send a message to the larger movement
A constant problem, bringin' charges, a process this convoluted
Resulting in cops' abuses never prosecuted
So there isn't much restriction if and when they wanna shoot us
Elderly to elementary, poor to college students
It's been happenin' since lynch mobs with nooses
An abundance of injustice, disgustin' like vomit pukin'
Uncoverin' corruption but others deny the truth then
Gotta raise up 'til they wake up like roosters that's cockadoodlin'

Yeah, we gotta raise up
We gotta, w-w-w-we gotta raise up
When they gonna wake up? We don't want that same stuff
Nothin's gonna change if we don't make it change up, so we gotta
W-w-w-we gotta raise up
We gotta, w-w-w-we gotta raise up
People goin' bankrupt, bodies gettin' chained up
Somethin's gotta change, so we gotta make it change up

A lot o' Christian hypocrites peddlin' prejudice
Whenever they're callin' all of the Muslims terrorists
Trigger happy Christians committin' more acts of senselessness
White Americans are in bed with the white supremacists
Look the other way on cover-ups by church higher-ups and fundamentalists
Guilty of oppressiveness
But claim their religion's the victim of offensiveness
Even though they've held the power since the European settlements
Imperialistic mindsets loomin' large
It's not debatable, we all know who's in charge
Distorted moral authority from majorities
Discerning who's disorderly, controlling them accordingly
Sanitize their own crimes and revise things historically
To paint a fake picture like a forgery
So they can't be trusted when they say who they purport to be
If we don't raise up, they're gonna keep on doin' it forcibly

Yeah, we gotta raise up
We gotta, w-w-w-we gotta raise up
When they gonna wake up? We don't want that same stuff
Nothin's gonna change if we don't make it change up, so we gotta
W-w-w-we gotta raise up
We gotta, w-w-w-we gotta raise up
People goin' bankrupt, bodies gettin' chained up
Somethin's gotta change, so we gotta make it change up
Raise up