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They took the fear and called it law They took the fear and called it law Cold light on the table, two phones face down Men talk soft when they buy a whole town Smile for the camera, shake every hand Then sign off on smoke like it’s part of the plan Kidnappin’, kid-nappin’ Files, mails, sex traffic Their habits, blackmails Old white, black male Same lust in the suite Same shame under satin Same names in the dark Same laughs while it happened Oil and massage still wasn’t enough For little men like Jeffrey, little men like Puff Use a little power just to feel that rush One day they’ll pay — and it still won’t be enough They took the fear and called it law Oppressor You can’t call it peace from that far up Oppressor Clean hands, dirty sky, still tore us up Oppressor Press one button, make a whole block hush Oppressor You can’t call it peace from that far up Kids learn sirens ’fore they learn the flag Mothers fold prayers in a grocery bag Men on the screen call the strike “precise” Then cut to commercials and lower their eyes Whole wars sold clean with a new paint job One suit says “order,” one says “from God” Same drones in the dark Same deals over dinner Same dead in the dirt Same headlines get thinner They rain down fire then call it restraint Wash blood with language, let the anchors translate From high enough, every loss looks small Till the smoke hit the sky and starts naming us all They took the fear and called it law They took the fear and called it law Maps on the wall, ash in the air Names get erased when the smoke get there High enough to kill, high enough to bluff You can’t call it peace from that far up They took the fear and called it law Oppressor You can’t call it peace from that far up Oppressor Clean hands, dirty sky, still tore us up Oppressor Press one button, make a whole block hush Oppressor You can’t call it peace from that far up They took the fear and called it law They took the fear and called it law