SYMBOL OF WAR

Now I got scars from your whip
If the hands are bloodstained
I can't acquit
Great grandma lived through rape and chains
You ain't walk in these shoes
You don't know my pain
Now You wanna wrap your flag around me
You want me to stand for the devil's song
You want hand to heart when the blue pigs hound me
I'm takin a knee when i hear that song
Yeah I'm takin a knee every time it's on
Yeah I'm takin a knee when i hear that song
Look

I pledge allegiance to myself
I pledge allegiance to the queen
That brought to me the rainbow and the sun
And to the children who carry forward the story of my flesh and blood

I pledge allegiance to the earth
To the energies and fabric of the universe
That are tightly sewn to the seams of my soul
But I have no ears to lend to nonsensical babble
Preaching subservience to the banner of Babel

I hold hand to heart for no rag
For no cloth of nations will I have pride
Especially for one whose stripes
Are stained with blood
And whose face is tattooed with genocide

I'll shed no blood for flying colors
Nor honor the hands that first wove them
My loyalty is a trait and service that is earned
So ready your urns
For I would sooner roll it up and let it burn
Than let praise sing
To create false Gods of material things
This dangerous pride
These colorful narcotics that are raised up high
Has billions so addicted to flag worship and lies
They willingly give their lives
In defense of egos
Becoming Devils brides

Not even heroin or crack has claimed as many lives
But we are free and encouraged
To overdose on these opiates
Free and encouraged to nod and lean
While bloodied bodies of thousands
No longer have the privilege to dream

Right now
Right now
Right now I bet someone hearing this
Is burning up with anger and hate
Furious at my sedition
Ready to deliver pain in the name of these non living
Inanimate objects
And I am not fazed
Nor will I ever be moved to wave
Or become comatose slave to any nation's
Symbol of war

Now I got scars from your whip
If the hands are bloodstained
I can't acquit
Great grandma lived through rape and chains
You ain't walk in these shoes
You don't know my pain
Now You wanna wrap your flag around me
You want me to stand for the devil's song
You want hand to heart when the blue pigs hound me
I'm takin a knee when i hear that song
Yeah I'm takin a knee every time it's on
Yeah I'm takin a knee when i hear that song