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Verse 1

We got hope and change in America

From the LA streets to DC

Our country’s left in dire need

Be it a sitting duck for the buckshot

Or an activist who takes aim

At those who rigged this fucking game

Pre-Chorus 1

Listen! Depression takes its toll

There’s no future, no hope

In this fuckin’ endless abyss

Our hypocrisy lives

Pre-Chorus 2

And it’s killing us with a vengeance

Like never before

Corruption runs amok

In the state of perpetual war

Chorus

It’s an actual emergency

It’s not a drill

Cognitive dissonance is blinding us

While the bastards are alive and well

Verse 2

Your freedom was taken

Too much for granted

And soon, you’ll find out what it meant

It’s a divide-and-conquer mentality

And that’s what we have to beat

So, take the lead and follow me

Pre-Chorus 1

Listen! Consider this the last call

Either rise up or fall

Time to cut to loose, break free

From the chains which bind me

Pre-Chorus 2

And yet we keep on searching for reason

Or face to place blame

Then carry on with a guilty smile

No cares, no shame

Chorus

It’s an actual emergency

It’s not a drill

Cognitive dissonance is blinding us

While the bastards are alive and well

Bridge

Alive and well

Huh!

Alive and well

Listen!

Solo

Pre-Chorus

And it’s killing us with a vengeance

Like never before

Corruption runs amok

In the state of perpetual war

Chorus

It’s an actual emergency

It’s not a drill

Cognitive dissonance is blinding us

While the bastards are alive and well