Do you hear the sound of the bell
Did you wish your family well?
Times ain't the same in the neighborhood
Got the parents all going through hell

'Cause the guns keep flying off the shelf
Do you see the man on the street
Just fighting for a meal to eat
You can write him off as a lunatic

But it coulda been you or me
If we didn't ever find our feet (hm)
Love me now
Hold me down

And the government
Staying on heavy foot
And they tried to keep us all down
No they never gonna keep us all down (woo)

Do you see the birds in the cage
On the highway working like slaves
It's a con it's a rouse it's a gaslight
Ain't it funny how far we came

For them to go n change the name
Do you see the man on the screen
Just a puppet but you never see the strings
Calling it a war n not a genocide

Telling us it isn't what it seems
Man that's a different kind of greed
Love me now
Hold me down

And the government
Staying on heavy foot
And they tried to keep us all down
Love me now

Hold me down
And the government
Staying on heavy foot
And they tried to keep us all down

No they never gonna keep us all down
And they tried to keep us all down
No they never gonna keep us all down