[Intro] SAVE America! From what? Half of y'all about to get cut Need a passport to vote — that's how it's gonna be Welcome to the booth — papers, please [Hook] saving who? Step to the line, Saving you?— ID declined — A paper wall for you and me Welcome to the booth — papers, please [Verse 1] House passed the bill February twenty-six (SAVE America Act) — listen to the fix Driver's license, Real ID — neither works No vote without a passport or birth cert Half of y'all don't have a passport in hand Can't do it online, can't mail it in Show up in person — that's where it begins [Chorus 1] Driver's license is a no go — Show up in person just to vote — Hundred fifty for a passport — that's the fee — No papers, no vote — that's the policy (papers, please) [Verse 2] Ladies changed ya name when ya got wed? Your docs better match — or your vote's good as dead Three docs or stay home — that's what they said Out in the country? — hope ya got enough gas Hour to the DMV — better haul yo ass Take a day off work just to vote — that's the ask You on a reservation? — show identification Tribal ways ain't enough — that's their determination In other words — it's just discrimination [Chorus 2] Don't change your name, don't live too far — Better hope your tribe can pass the bar — Drive an hour to the DMV — No papers, no vote — that's the policy (papers, please) [Bridge] And here's the part they never say out loud Ain't never been no fraud found (Heritage) In over twenty-five years past And a billion ballots cast This bill was never hunting fraud It's hunting voters — that's the job [Verse 3] Imagine 20-whatever when the midterms come Half the voting base has come undone Only those who vote be who own their homes Own the time to stand in line alone A country for the rich is all that remains Elderly? Poor? you've lost the game Young and Black — priced out of the line Democracy didn't fall — just ran out of time... Ballot only clears for the right ID No one's left to vote it back the other way That's exactly how they want it — and it's gonna stay Equality for all your sisters and brothers But some are more equal than others [Chorus 3] Wealth is power in the same name — Don't have the cash can't play the game — Take away the right to vote — Welcome to the new Jim Crow (papers, please) [Final Chorus] Got a passport when it's your time? — Can you afford to stand in line? — Step to the booth, show identity — Not everyone gets democracy (papers, please) [Outro] They stamped the bill, they called it safe Safe for who — count the names Twenty-one million y'all erased Not with violence — just paperwork and space Papers, please Papers, please Wake up
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