TRAP LAWS Lyrics

This wasn't written from my heart

It's written on my heart

Somebody take this hate that burns inside of me

Get me out of this state before it kills me

We are written into this existence

With running ink and of ill uniform

Bled into the margins of

For our inherent love

Every slander is a wound

Every death is a scar

If you have scars

Wear them in the light

If you have fire

Light up the fucking night

Remember who we've lost

We will stand in the flames

And they will call us by our names

Every day I wake up and see more members of my family subjugated by state violence, both physical and psychological

When all of the doctors are gone

There is no medicine to treat

Politicians are weak

Allies turn their cheek

Your friends are on the streets

The cops are out for meat

The future looks so bleak

Break the cycle

Or be doomed to repeat

Break the cycle

Or be doomed to repeat

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Why are my cells programmed to destroy me

My life is threatened by everything around me

Before it kills me, make sure everybody sees

That empathy is the only thing with meaning