What will they do when the people rise, when we're done with excuses, done with the lies? What will they do when we've had enough, when we march downtown and call their bluff? Chorus: Lessons lost and never learned leave old wounds that still burn. They remember when the city burned while every leader's back was turned. Lessons lost and never learned, hear the warnings, feel the hurt. They remember when the city burned while every leader's back was turned. Verse 2: We're tired of the dealers working out in plain sight, sirens in the distance every single night. Folks are dodging trouble just to walk a city block, while the Peacocks in charge just talk and talk and sqwalk. What's their answer to dissent? Say the city's on the brink again? Round us up and book our names, then pretend we're all to blame? Chorus: Lessons lost and never learned leave old wounds that still burn. They remember when the city burned while every leader's back was turned. Verse 3: They're blinded by the headlines, can't see what's coming next. The lessons of the past are written in the wreckage left. Crime don't take a holiday, it never takes a day off. Ignoring what's in front of you just makes the whole thing worse. Chorus: Lessons lost and never learned leave old wounds that still burn. They remember when the city burned while every leader's back was turned. Bridge: When we come marching for you, what's the first thing you'll do? Call the big boys with the big toys, have them all deployed? Try to stop us in our tracks, tell us all to turn back? You lit the fuse years before, now we're silent no more. Final Verse: What are we fighting for? Safe streets and open doors. A better future for our kids, something worth defending for. We're not looking for a war, we're looking for a way through. But when nobody wants to listen, what else are people supposed to do? Final Chorus: Lessons lost and never learned leave old wounds that still burn. They remember when the city burned while every leader's back was turned. Lessons lost and never learned, hear the warnings, feel the hurt. They remember when the city burned while every leader's back was turned.
