Matt Pless - Shots fired

^AmJamal called Denise said he'd be home late Earning ^Gmoney on the side to put food on their plate Only ^Ftrying to provide but it sealed his fate Selling ^Ebootleg tapes by the subway train When the ^Amcops came through in an hour or two They ^Gunloaded hot lead through his valid excuse Proving ^Fblack and blue can mean more than a bruise Now there's ^Eone less seat at a t^Amable for two

The ^Fofficers stood ^Amtrial Crippled ^Ejustice let them ^Amwal^Gk They'll ^Fhide behind a ^Ambadge That let's them ^Elive above the law

And it's ^Amshots fired in the ^Dmcity streets A^Amcross the color ^Dmline Shots ^Efired through concealment Of the ^Ampower structu^Gres ^Amcrimes Shots ^Amfired at the ^Dmcourthouse Where co^Amrruption wears the ^Dmcrown Shots ^Efired when the crooked gavel ^AmComes a crash^Ging ^Amdown

Billy's ^Amfather raised him tough told him "be a man" With a ^GBible and a rifle for aluminum cans Sent him ^Foff to fight a war came back lost in his head With a ^Evengeance toward the system that he fought to defend Brought a ^Amsemi automatic to a southern church Now the ^Gcongregations leaving in the back of a hearse Then he ^Ftook his own life cause the truth can hurt When you ^Etrust in God and your ^Amcountry first

A ^Fcasualty of ^Amliberty With ^Elandmine ^Ammental ^Ghealth He"s ^Fdaddy's little ^Amhero But he ^Ecouldn't save himself

Cause it's ^Amshots fired on the ^Dmbattlefield What ^Amare we fighting ^Dmfor? Shots ^Efired through the smiles Of the ^Amprofiteers ^Gof ^Amwar Shots ^Amfired in the ^Dmclassrooms By the ^Amtwisted poisoned ^Dmmind Shots ^Efired for the answers That we ^Amseek but cease ^Gto ^Amfind

When ^AmOmar's face flashed on the TV screen For a ^Gmassacre, the likes of which we'd never seen Some ^Freporters called him crazy others blamed his beliefs His ^Ereligion or conflicting sexuality But it ^Amdoesn't really matter when push comes to shove Cause he ^Gaimed a loaded weapon at a Florida club Taking ^F49 lives hated how they loved Left a ^Eshadow on a rainbow ^Amdrenched in blood

The ^Fpolitics of ^Amignorance Will ^Elie and genera^Amlize ^G It ^Fspreads the thread of ^Amprejudice To ^Ewiden the divide

So it's ^Amshots fired at extr^Dmemists And their ^Amblatant bigo^Dmtry Shots ^Efired for communities In ^Amfear of the ^Gpol^Amice Shots ^Amfired at the ^Dmgovernment's Who ^Amorchestrate the ^Dmfight Shots ^Efire on the left And then shots ^Amfire on ^Gthe ^Amright

Hear the ^Amthunder as it echoes all across the land From the ^Gfire arms the trigger happy hold in their hands Some will ^Fcall it patriotic others want them banned And ^Eattempt to put the genie back inside the lamp It's a ^Ammatter of opinion if it's wrong or right It ^Gdepends, cause' they can end or they can save a life Its the ^Fedges of perspective where our views collide Or the ^Ecenter of the target where we ^Amcompromise

So ^Fthink it through, this ^Ammuch is true What^Eever you d^Amecide ^G You're ^Fbound to find a ^Amparadox In e^Every paradigm

Shots ^Amfired throughout ^Dmhistory A ^Amchapter in ^Dmdecline Shots ^Efired at the barricades That ^Amblock the chang^Ging ^Amtimes Shots ^Amfired for the ^Dmvictims Sweating ^Ambullets on the ^Dmrun Shots ^Efired cause were looking down The ^Ambarrel of ^Ga ^Amgun