Police Song Lyrics

do you remember the first thing you had to memorize?was it the pledge of allegiance?a five year old stands for a flag that killed off all the real americansdo we really like being controlled or are our heads just spinning?more cops more prisons to bear down on crime and violenceyet we glamorize violence through televised warsmy friend was unjustly beaten by the policeand broken star brought shame to the 57th precinctand with their power came extortion and corruptionand failing to report rape and hatecrimes to make chicago look safetell me is this secrutiy, do we need protection from the police?we need to reassess the power vested in authorityand social control threatens public safety do you feel safe?see, i don't know what we're thinking paying taxes so that we can be controlleddo you know what ahppens when we start accepting everything that we've been told?we all fall down and we close our eyes and pretend not to seebut why is a crime not a crime when it's committed by police?we close our eyes and pretend not to seebut my friend got beat up by policei had a dream that my whole town had turned into a prisona cop on every corner but i don't feel too safefeels like i'm in jail