Ember Swift - Rubber Bullets Lyrics
We are ready to fightWe are ready to fight it all.We are ready to fight with our mindsWe are ready to fight with our wordsLet me ask you:Who is going to police the police?When they're shooting up the streetsSHOOTING RUBBER BULLETSWe are ready to fightFIGHT THEIR RUBBER BULLETSWe are ready to fight.They are criminalizing protestAnd the evening news shows stories of the eleven "criminals"within a peaceful rally of five thousand voicesThere is no sign of the other four thousand nine hundred and eighty ninewho lined up eager to be heard, exercising democratic choicesIn fact, they are ignored by cameras who film graffiti on the corporate bankAnd the caption reads: "vandals charged at protest today"And who, may I ask, have we to thank for this "incomprehensive" news footage?Well, it's not just the mediabecause they are in bed with big businessIt's not just the governmentbecause they are led by corporate interestsIt's just a form of three-way incest!They are criminalizing protestthey are smirking, they are smirkingThey are criminalizing protestand it is working....Meanwhile, back at the protestthe peaceful yet persistent majorityWith their placards and peace signs and petitions for their MPsjust do not "have what it takes" to make for entertaining t.v.Besides, why be holistic, tell the truth or be unbiasedWhen the tv-watching public doesn't question and stays quiet?And they rely on this apathyThe misinformation is the key and it further justifies forms of police brutality.(Please don't be quiet, please don't be quiet)What are we to do?What do we do about this?-a
