FREE SPEECH OR STAY OUT (Unit One’s Edit)* Verse 1 Headlines choke on their own teeth Passports stamped with bloody receipts Five names flagged, the border’s a blade Who gets in, who gets flayed Wires hum, the servers sweat Code and speech in a noose, get set Pre-Chorus They say "rules," they say "safe" But the knife’s in your throat, you just don’t feel the shave Chorus Free speech or stay out—hear the guillotine sing Hands off the internet? Motherfucker, it’s their ring Uncle Sam’s at the gate with a gun in his mouth Free speech or stay out—no way out Verse 2 European censors in silk-lined graves Redline jokes, you’re the slave Algorithms wear your skin as a crown Fining truth till your skull cracks down From London desks to Brussels halls Your voice is just meat for the walls Pre-Chorus Visa ink and sanction smoke Every click’s a punchline to a joke you didn’t write, choke Chorus Free speech or stay out—draw the line in blood Hands off the internet—while you still have hands, bud Uncle Sam won’t bow, he’ll just burn the house down Free speech or stay out—no way out Bridge Online Safety, iron dick Calling freedom “a terrorist trick” Macron cries, but he’s already bent Berlin says “unacceptable,” then takes the rent Starmer smiles, talks resume While your data hangs from the noose in the room Verse 3 X marks the spot where your spine used to be Verified souls in a verified sea American speakers, corporate too Caught in a foreign censor’s revenue Borders blur where the money lies Who owns the sky? Whoever buys Chorus Free speech or stay out—scream it till your throat bleeds Hands off the internet—it’s not yours, it’s their feeds Uncle Sam’s got the key, and he swallowed it whole Free speech or stay out—pay the toll Outro No kings of code, just kings of cash Let truth arrive—then throw it in the trash From every shore, let the silence route Free speech or stay out.
