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When a thug with a badge catches you by surprise He says take one step back and raise your
hands to the sky When you're in fear and there's nothing you
can do That's when the flag is red, black, and blue
When fear is the law of the land When you're locked up for things that you
just don't understand When there are words that you cannot speak
When they need no proof it's not the truth But victims that they seek
That's when the flag is red, black, and blue
When you make a call while you're home alone and there's someone else listening through
your phone When you gotta watch your back cause you know
they're watching too They'll see me and I'll see red, black, and
blue
When your family shares your pain and cries And when the news profits while they construe
the truth to lies When those with power have the wrongfully
accused Taken away and have them pay it's power that's
abused That's when the flag is red, black, and blue
As the jails in the land overflow As the power and the greed slowly grow
As the fear spread with the lies As the sons and daughters wipe the tears from
their eyes As the rich feed from the poor
And as the chants in the streets are sung more and more
As the Founding Fathers roll in their graves they cry
This is the land of the prisoner and home of the slave