“Riot” is the seventh track on State of Alert’s No Policy EP. The lyrics were inspired by Henry Rollins witnessing the riots in Washington, D.C. as a young boy.
There's a war on the street, whatcha gonna do?
There's no choice, they've turned on you
Destroy the city, smash it all to bits
They won't stop, they don't give a shit
Sticks and stones (Riot!)
Break their bones (Riot!)
Stores in flames (Riot!)
You're to blame (Riot!)
You're gonna die, you and your friends
You made it start, they made it end
Riot was written by Michael Hampton (Punk) & Henry Rollins.
Riot was produced by Skip Groff.
“I watched D.C. catch on fire. I remember riots. My mom’s little VW had a dent in its hood from a mace canister. You could look out of your window and see smoke, you could smell mace in the air, I watched hippies roll cars as I waited for my school bus,” – Henry Rollins