"Another Country" lyrics
Welcome to the Divided States
Land of the thief, home of the slaves
They wanna raise the stakes
So they killed all the dreams and they danced on the graves
Another country
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
Children and innocence come undone abruptly
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
It's been several winters since—
Tear gas and smoke in the mornin' sky
Precinct burned down overnight, no lie—no woman, no cry
With four hunnid years of stolen life and no reply
Four hunnid years of stolen life
Uh, what type-a math they got you doin'? Three-fifths of a human
In the Constitution, ink dry, you cannot remove it
Number's not congruent, no matter how much they chop it and screw it
To soften the truth or try to refute it
I remember planes toppled buildin's
And dominators got all in they feelin's
The fact they could be killed, whether soldier or civilian, moms and children
They bombed a whole continent until they killed a million
But the same death toll of souls died from lynchin'
With no accountability to mention
Detroit, Michigan, Tulsa, and Rondo
I'm sorry if it's hard for me to cry about your condo
Not wearin' a blindfold that'll change your nostril
That'll make a burnin' precinct smell like palo santo
Is that what I want? No, I was sent for healin'
But I know the first step in the sequence is revealin'
When your ears are sealed, then seein' is believin'
The truth is unveiled when the theater is deceivin'
With years of this teachin', this readin', this prayin', and this preachin'
And you ain't never conceded nothin' without bleedin'
Spots on the block where shops used to be
Are lookin' like dope fiends' teeth
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
Children and innocence come undone abruptly
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
It's been several winters since—
These people used to feed Black babies to alligators
Hoods on the past generations, now it's masks on the faces
Slave-catcher raiders, the massacre mass gravers
Appropriate nature and the land and the labor
The hand shakers and oath breakers
Promisin' the Black man acres, blankets to the natives
The Bill of White Rights that they all scratched they name in
But they been wiped they ass on that paper
Today got gall callin' fraud and waggin' a stained finger
Crusaders confiscatin' babies outta mangers
Redactin' the names of traffickin' lawmakers
And buy or assassinate the saviors
The quiet part they now say loud in broad day
And force you to play along or look away
The wolf used to hide inside a wool facade
On butt-nekkid predator time
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
Children and innocence come undone abruptly
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
Children and innocence come undone abruptly
Another country
Welcome to the Divided States
Land of the thief, home of the slaves
They wanna raise the stakes
So they killed all the dreams and they danced on the graves
Welcome to the Divided States
Land of the thief, home of the slaves
They wanna raise the stakes
So they killed all the dreams and they danced on the graves
Another country
Land of the thief, home of the slaves
They wanna raise the stakes
So they killed all the dreams and they danced on the graves
Another country
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
Children and innocence come undone abruptly
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
It's been several winters since—
Tear gas and smoke in the mornin' sky
Precinct burned down overnight, no lie—no woman, no cry
With four hunnid years of stolen life and no reply
Four hunnid years of stolen life
Uh, what type-a math they got you doin'? Three-fifths of a human
In the Constitution, ink dry, you cannot remove it
Number's not congruent, no matter how much they chop it and screw it
To soften the truth or try to refute it
I remember planes toppled buildin's
And dominators got all in they feelin's
The fact they could be killed, whether soldier or civilian, moms and children
They bombed a whole continent until they killed a million
But the same death toll of souls died from lynchin'
With no accountability to mention
Detroit, Michigan, Tulsa, and Rondo
I'm sorry if it's hard for me to cry about your condo
Not wearin' a blindfold that'll change your nostril
That'll make a burnin' precinct smell like palo santo
Is that what I want? No, I was sent for healin'
But I know the first step in the sequence is revealin'
When your ears are sealed, then seein' is believin'
The truth is unveiled when the theater is deceivin'
With years of this teachin', this readin', this prayin', and this preachin'
And you ain't never conceded nothin' without bleedin'
Spots on the block where shops used to be
Are lookin' like dope fiends' teeth
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
Children and innocence come undone abruptly
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
It's been several winters since—
These people used to feed Black babies to alligators
Hoods on the past generations, now it's masks on the faces
Slave-catcher raiders, the massacre mass gravers
Appropriate nature and the land and the labor
The hand shakers and oath breakers
Promisin' the Black man acres, blankets to the natives
The Bill of White Rights that they all scratched they name in
But they been wiped they ass on that paper
Today got gall callin' fraud and waggin' a stained finger
Crusaders confiscatin' babies outta mangers
Redactin' the names of traffickin' lawmakers
And buy or assassinate the saviors
The quiet part they now say loud in broad day
And force you to play along or look away
The wolf used to hide inside a wool facade
On butt-nekkid predator time
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
Children and innocence come undone abruptly
E'rybody medicated, overweight, hungry
Look on they face, "How come nobody love me?"
Glisten diminishin', underneath, it's ugly
Children and innocence come undone abruptly
Another country
Welcome to the Divided States
Land of the thief, home of the slaves
They wanna raise the stakes
So they killed all the dreams and they danced on the graves
Welcome to the Divided States
Land of the thief, home of the slaves
They wanna raise the stakes
So they killed all the dreams and they danced on the graves
Another country
