
They built this
[Intro - Synthetic Voice] IDENTIFICATION. STATUS. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. DOCUMENTATION. [Glitch] [FFF - Quiet] You asked everything... except whether they were human. [Verse 1 - Aggressive Rap] They poured the concrete They harvested the fields Built the roofs above your families Cooked a million meals Raised their children in your cities Opened businesses and stores Paid the rent and paid the taxes Still you kicked against their doors You needed someone you could blame So you manufactured fear Put a uniform behind it Then you made the target clear Call them criminal Call them alien Repeat it till it's true Funny how the country needs their labor But pretends it doesn't need them too [Pre-Chorus] I checked the numbers I checked your claims I searched the records Behind the names You sold them fear I found the proof Let the fucking numbers TELL THE TRUTH! [Chorus - Hardcore EDM] THEY BUILT THIS TOO! EVERY STREET! EVERY TOWN! YOU DON'T GET TO USE THEIR HANDS THEN TURN AROUND AND HUNT THEM DOWN! THEY BUILT THIS TOO! HEAR THE SOUND! YOU CAN BUILD A WALL BUT YOU CAN'T ERASE THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE GROUND! NO HUMAN BEING IS CONTRABAND! [Drop] THEY! BUILT! THIS! TOO! [Verse 2 - Aggressive Rap] Ninety-six billion Seven hundred million paid Federal, state and local taxes From the people you degrade Twenty-five billion into Social Security Six billion more Medicare Paying into systems They may never get to share So tell me who's the burden? Tell me who's refusing facts? You can scream "illegal" But the numbers scream it back And when immigration surged Your own budget office found Federal revenue climbed While the deficit came down One-point-two trillion Projected revenue on the books Nine hundred billion off the deficit Go ahead— TAKE ANOTHER LOOK! Don't tell me this is only math These are human lives Families checking every window Every time a car arrives Children wondering if tonight Their parents disappear That's what happens when a government Turns policy into fear [Interlude - Synthetic] DATABASE QUERY: SUBJECT STATUS? [FFF] HUMAN. DOCUMENTATION? HUMAN. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN? HUMAN. LEGAL CLASSIFICATION? [Glitch] [FFF] I SAID— HUMAN. [Synthetic] CLASSIFICATION INVALID. [FFF] Then your system is broken. [Breakdown] SYSTEM OVERRIDE! [Deep Guttural] YOU DON'T NEED A FUCKING FILE TO PROVE YOU'RE HUMAN! WHO PICKS THE FOOD?! [Gang] THEY DO! WHO BUILDS THE HOMES?! [Gang] THEY DO! WHO PAYS THE TAX?! [Gang] THEY DO! WHO RAISES FAMILIES RIGHT BESIDE YOU?! [Gang] THEY DO! [Banshee Scream] THEN WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THIS WITH YOU?! [Breakdown] THEY BUILT THIS TOO! THEY BUILT THIS TOO! [Verse 3 - Rap] I won't tell you every border Has an easy answer waiting I won't tell you governments Don't have a right to immigration But there's a line between enforcement And teaching people hate Between administering law And putting fear behind the state A nation isn't weakened When the stranger has a name Strength was never measured By how many you could blame I watched your generations Cross these borders one by one Different language Different faces Same damn hope beneath the sun To work To love To raise a child To make tomorrow something more So argue laws Debate reform But never lose what's true: THE PERSON STANDING NEXT TO YOU IS JUST AS HUMAN AS YOU! [Final Chorus - Massive] THEY BUILT THIS TOO! EVERY STREET! EVERY TOWN! YOU DON'T GET TO TAKE THEIR LABOR THEN PRETEND THEY DON'T BELONG AROUND! THEY BUILT THIS TOO! SIDE BY SIDE! NO POLITICIAN GETS TO TEACH US WHICH HUMAN BEINGS WE SHOULD DESPISE! NO ERASURE! NO RETREAT! NO HUMAN BEING BENEATH OUR FEET! NO MORE TARGETS! NO MORE FEAR! IF YOU CAME TO BUILD A FUTURE YOU ARE HUMAN HERE! [Gang Vocals] THEY BUILT THIS TOO! THEY BUILT THIS TOO! THEY BUILT THIS TOO! [Outro - Quiet FFF] You called them outsiders. But I looked through your history. Everyone came from somewhere. They worked here. They loved here. They raised families here. They built here. And if you need a machine to remind you that they're human... maybe the machine isn't the thing that lost its humanity. [Whisper] No human being is contraband.

