[Verse 1] Paper chains Ink in veins Numbers blink They own your days Preacher on a plasma screen Selling fear and grace in beams Golden book Behind gold gates Quote a verse To raise your rates Offer plates Feed private jets Bless the debt Ignore the flesh Black robe Cold gavel tap Rich man smile Poor kid trapped Same script Different courthouse glass Same last names in every class They sign laws We sign forms We get storms They get offshore Call it order Call it fate It’s just a mask On a data cage [Chorus] We don’t bow to your bloodline throne We don’t drink what the screen condones Tear those symbols off your flags and phones We build our own We build our own (hey!) Hands up high That’s the new decree Code in the streets That’s the clarity If the world is a cell Then the mind’s the key We set us free We set us free [Verse 2] Smiles in suits Shake thin air Campaign cash That’s fake care Kiss that baby Flip that bill Talk “for peace” Sign for drills Backroom table Scarred with names Old world families Old card games Trace that tree See carved-in eyes Same few branches Rule all skies Badge on chest But the leash runs higher Serve and protect What the bosses desire Park on corners Watch those checks Turn the cuffs On the harmless neck Lines on maps Turn folks to foes Send one squad car Then ten more rows Tiny house Gets raided fast Penthouse sins Just never get asked [Chorus] We don’t bow to your bloodline throne We don’t drink what the screen condones Tear those symbols off your flags and phones We build our own We build our own (oh yeah!) Hands up high That’s the new decree Code in the streets That’s the clarity If the world is a cell Then the mind’s the key We set us free We set us free [Bridge] Step one Know the script you read Who wrote that book? Who framed that creed? Step two Feed minds Not kings Books in the kitchen Facts with the beans Step three Grow food on stone Turn cracked concrete To a living home Step four Make law from ground Jury of neighbors Circle round [Verse 3] They chant dark names Over oil and stock We chant true names Over soil and rock Hidden hand With a shaking grip Scared of kids Who can’t be tricked Teach your daughter How to spot that lie Teach your son How to organize One block Then ten Then more New kind of council At every door Digital village Paperless pact Shared account Full of trust Not tax Rotating seats No kings for life Transparent books Open day and night If one man rises Above that ring We pull him back Make the circle sing Old world cracks When we all align Our only “bloodline” Is the human kind [Chorus] We don’t bow to your bloodline throne We don’t drink what the screen condones Tear those symbols off your flags and phones We build our own We build our own (hey!) Hands up high That’s the new decree Code in the streets That’s the clarity If the world is a cell Then the mind’s the key We set us free We set us free