JOE

When I was young, with some friends of mine
Well we started we started to organize
Started groups, student rights
Discussions trying to bring these things to light
ACLU cards, this is high school
Treating everyone like they're some sort of criminal
Oh, and who was left? Yeah, they got military recruiters for them
Oh, the cops on the street
They are beating people begging for peace
Yeah, they call them peace keepers
But they're really just the rich man's bullies
Near the end of that, oh I got beat down
Cops were sick of us making them look like clowns
Expulsions, court hearings, taking everything that we ever worked for
Officer Lima, yeah you lost your job
But you ruined my life at that point I was lost
Drugs, alcohol, everything around me changed
Oh, the cops on the street
They are beating people begging for peace
Yeah, they call them peace keepers
But they're really just the rich man's bullies
Every day it seems another person's screaming
That there's police violence in the streets
It ain't safe to say anything
And I'll tell you that's a fear that nobody outta face, yeah
Lost some friends of mine, they did serious time
They never come back the same
Oh, I hope that one day
Our society gets sick of making excuses for all this pain
Yeah, the cops on the street
They are beating people begging for peace
Yeah, they call them peace keepers
But they're really just the rich man's bullies
Oh, the cops on the street
They are killing people begging for peace
Yeah, they call them peace keepers
But they're really just the rich man's bullies