Dance
By yourself
See how beautiful
Your steps can be
All by yourself
See how good
Your own moves can be
Then dance
With others

I'm already beat
I just want that silver or bronze
Who wants it anyway
Straight from the top to the bottom

What do you do
When you can't escape your dreams
Can't run from all the things
You never want to see
Can't hide from all the thoughts
That were never meant to be

Like a storm that comes down
Drop by drop

Who terror
Rises up with the flag
Claiming a land of their own
Gun in pocket hate in their heart

Who terror
The man with a job
Trying to get by
Snatched up by Patriot Act lies

Who terror
Razes churches with bells ringing
Hate speech home page
Wants slavery and return of the KKK

Who terror
A different religion
A different color
A different way

I remember
How I forgot
Walking back with you
Over what I was under
Fed up with things
We walked back
From their apartment
To my place
Sat out on the bed
Smoking
You get a call
About your grandfather
In tears I walked you back
In tears I did too

Sometimes I need some
One to bounce back off me
Give and take
Tug and pull
But to stretch it out
Gain strength
I'm sick of running
In the same place
Companions that bleed
You dry of your voice
Till youre cornered as a baseless
Beast feeding off negative energy

That man with the brain
Sits in a chair
That man with a chain
Sits in a cell
That woman with a drain
Cleaning all the dishes
That woman with a pain
Got a baby to take care of
Who's making this world spin
They know the ones who get broke
This world sits on their shoulders
While the dopeman peddles dope