Exploration Of Coercion In Every Day Life

C Am In the space between a neighborhood and a street map F Dm C Between a battle fought and a ballot cast F Dm G Between our vacant hands and the things we lack C Am In the space between having nothing and everything F Dm C Between your tired bones and the empty buildings F Dm G Between this abandoned lot and a vegetable garden C There are people with guns who know how to use them Am Nothing better to do than hop in their cruisers F And go crack the skulls of some dropouts and losers G And get congratulated on restraint when they do it C G Dm F So if we can't blow up a social relationship, we also can't reason with bullets C G Dm F So let's not be confused who uniforms and badges work for C G It's not intelligence that keeps assholes rich Dm F It's fucking armies of blue rolling with full clips C G Dm F With handcuffs and clubs for anyone who's sick of going without just because they're poor C Am F C Am F C Am And in the space between who I am and who I should be F Dm C Between a tired loner and a community F Dm G Between where the van broke down and Alturas Street C Am And in the space between me and the neighbors out on the street F Dm C Between these walls that we pay to keep F Dm G C And the ruins that this world deserves to be