They say what the must to gain our trust But once the ballot's cast, they forget about us Standing on the mountain high above the downtrodden They forgot about Michigan like all is magnificent Sitting back watching the news, witness the lies They manifest, we try livin' our life our best Civil unrest building up in my chest Depressed enough to fight back 'cause we settled for less Waiting for change to come, we get none But a brother like me begun to be another one To run up in the party, crash it Put up a wall? We smashit Wrecking ball to the wall (To the wall) Keep small, take 'em all (Take 'em all) Killing bills, pile up (Pile up) Everybody stand up, come on It's the same old lies time after time (I can't abide, don't cross these lines) You'll never read my American mind (It's the same old lies time after time) It's the same old lies time after time (They don't like my kind, I can read the signs) Don't ever read my American mind (It's the same old lies time after time) New year's beginning, new beginning again Backspin, rewind my timeline within We be coming down fifty five thousand feet Here we come we go Molotov, become the gun The mission, the music, the force Freedom, border walls, yes to the beat y'all Backed by Marshall stacks against murder in the name of the law They're killing in the name of the Lord People to the power, power to the people And the beat's once again raging on the stage Feel the burn, coming for the power, six pack Save the babies, prophets on attack, we smashit Wrecking ball to the wall (To the wall) Keep small, take 'em all (Take 'em all) Killing bills, pile up (Pile up) Motherfucker stand up, come on It's the same old lies time after time (I can't abide, don't cross these lines) You'll never read my American mind (It's the same old lies time after time) It's the same old lies time after time (They don't like my kind, I can read the signs) Don't ever read my American mind (It's the same old lies time after time) Wrecking ball to the wall (To the wall) Keep small, take 'em all (Take 'em all) Killing bills, pile up (Pile up) Motherfucker stand up, come on It's the same old lies time after time (I can't abide, don't cross these lines) You'll never read my American mind (It's the same old lies time after time) Yeah, the same old lies time after time (They don't like my kind, I can read the signs) You'll never read my American mind Smashit