[Intro] [verse] The sun goes down on a desert wire The land is burning with a cold, blue fire Blacked-out vans with the tinted glass Waiting for the shadows of the poor to pass They don’t need a jury, they don’t need a judge When the state has a debt and a lifelong grudge They’ve got a badge and a license to kill For the king of the hill and the blood on the bill! [verse] ICE in the veins and a gun in the hand Authorized murder in the promised land! They tear the father from the crying child While the suits in the city keep the files compiled "Just doing my job," says the man with the boot As he levels the aim for the final shoot It’s a corporate war and a border-line hit And we’re all just the fuel in the bottom of the pit! [Pre-Chorus] Check the ID, check the blood, check the skin! Who decides where the human ends and the ghost begins? WHO DECIDES?! [chorus] Authorized murder on a Tuesday night! Washing out the world in a flashing light! They’ve got the law and they’ve got the lead Feeding the machine while the innocents bleed! No mercy for the weak, no room for the brave Just another name for an unmarked grave! [verse] They’re knocking on the door at three A.M. The agents of the state, and it’s us versus them Authorized murder with a government seal The sound of the soul under a heavy steel wheel They’ll shoot a mother in the face and they’ll call it "restraint" Then they’ll wash off the blood and they’ll apply the paint To the narrative, the news, and the history books While the world looks away from the monsters and crooks! [Bridge] Section 8. Authorized. Target acquired. Authorized. Fatal force.... - Authorized. IT’S ALL JUST MURDER WITH A DIFFERENT NAME! [Guitar Solo] [chorus] Authorized murder on a Tuesday night! Washing out the world in a flashing light! They’ve got the law and they’ve got the lead Feeding the machine while the innocents bleed! No mercy for the weak, no room for the brave Just another name for an unmarked grave!
