Down

You wish you could shut me up
You'd like to bring me down
But you can't make me stop
I can swim I won't drown
I did go down before
Your justice ain't so blind
But I'm still there for more
And I damn well know your kind

Tell me again what is there to see
Tell me again what golden road lies ahead of me
Tell me again that your beautiful democracy
Is there for me, there for free

You can't really deal with adversity
But only people who don't kneel have their liberty
So silence the silent if you will
Keep people obedient be ready to kill

You fed me lies for the longest time
And judged the cries like they were a crime
My anger's loud and clear I'm one of those who bite
And you can't cloud with fear my will to stand and fight

It's time for a lesson in humility
It's time you get your dose of reality
I got stronger with what didn't kill me
Know I won't go down so easily, so quietly