blood done been running down    streets flood with beats   pepper spray over cracked concrete   so vicious make a rich mans neck split   underworld bout to wreck shit bet this   banks closed stomachs churning   lines and rows cops blastin out church windows   they heard word of two on a terror list   hid in the pews just two city terrace kids   one held a piece just for peace of mind   the other was spittin poems blowin minds   on the picket line   barricades lay cross made with bumpers    and burning tires   and you could smell the exhaust    and you could hear the kids screaming don't   play us, too close   you can have the mic or the heater    but you can't hold both      and they were both   and they were both      ocean of tears rise,    rise a flame to tear them down   ocean of past crimes    now fill our hearts to tear them down      the water main's cut off panic    hit the manor of the   mayor who's soft   word hit the streets    that the cops got off   they shook to rhythm of heaters    that burned like claps of thunder    you turn to look at vengeance    returned that shatter control   after the whole shock of the news    that a bomb hit the   bridge at broadway   gridlock full stop    every exit way    from Chavez to main   downtown was the same   every corner a flame    with lines of people    stripped of they clothes   freeze hold up your ID's    their houses burned as they watched   the colonel looked at his clock      and they were all   and they were all      oceans of tears rise,    rise a flame to tear them down   ocean of past crimes    now fill our hearts to tear them down