Like a shot without a warning
  Lies a life that’s left behind
  And though I try
  It’s something I
  Just can’t unsee, it’s burned into my mind
And I wake up in the morning
  News keeps flashing on my eyes
  These dying streets are bruised and beaten
  And riot flags are waving
  Poor and weak, we extend this streak
  These lives we could be saving
  Life is cheap I sit and weep cause there’s just no mistaking
  This is not utopia
The roots of America
  Are the roots of hysteria
  The rules don’t matter anymore
  This is not utopia
The roots of America
  Are the roots of hysteria
  And you don’t matter anymore
The better angels of our nature
  Well they’ve gone away to hide
  Brutality
  I can’t unsee
  These pictures are just burned into my mind 
It’s commotion in slow motion
  It’s humanity denied
  A violent race
  Punch in the face
  With all this hate how can we all survive?
And if a change is coming
  What makes it take so long?
  And if a change is coming
  Why sing the same old song?
  This is not utopia
The roots of America
  Are the roots of hysteria
  The rules don’t matter anymore
  This is not utopia
The roots of America
  Are the roots of hysteria
  And you don’t matter anymore
  This is not utopia
The roots of America
  Are the roots of hysteria
  And you don’t matter anymore
So now how long must we wait?
  Until love conquers hate?
  And heal these hearts
  Cause it all starts
  Right here
 
             
                 
        
 
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
        