You walk into this room at your own risk Because it leads to the future Not a future that will be but one that might be This is not a new world It is simply an extension of what began in the old one Conversing with a ghost conversing with a ghost He just leaving and he screamin' Jesus He had the highest hopes he had the highest hopes People yelling screamin' at polices Riots tonight riots tonight Burnin' lootin' shootin' takin' thievin' Fire and light fire and light Fill the air and most don't know the reason Never knew his name never knew his name But they know his problems and feel his pain ****'s still the same ****'s still the same We just prey off in they deadly game It'll never change it'll never change Too much profit in it and it stay the same The facts still remain the facts still remain You can burn the system and start again Spoke with a ghost Late night same night God let me sleep please I'm begging you Said don't be afraid Daylight might never break right again once they get at you Said you'll never be alone again This house is haunted by pain transposed into revenue The murdered all stay That thing when your mind says run but your heart isn't letting you Said we got an army now You strike 'em down still they live inside hearts hearts carry them The weapon is our memory Some get to count sheep some gotta count kids that they burying I don't wanna scare nobody Fears been law for so long that rage feels like therapy But I'm gonna make 'em remember me Nobody gets no more sleep till we teach them remembering Thieves Thieves Coming live at five we got new news breaking You heard here first if you don't die waiting Hard to review the scene I just seen I'ma try to convey but it defies explaining Started with folks just crying Nothing but broken heart sobs and the shriek of the sirens Right at the spot where the blood's still drying Then my god I saw it the dead began rising I don't know much about science But I seen an army of armed men stop and get quiet Mist hung low like a prayer from a tyrant Sky became black like the stars aren't aligning So many years of this violence Now we're surrounded by the souls of the dead and defiant Saying look what you've done you designed it When the bough breaks hear the wraith scream riot No more moms and dads crying No more arms in the air We put firearms in the air Molotov cocktails thrown in the air Can got dummy don on the air Talking 'bout he smell that ganja in the air Dummy don't know and dummy don't care Get that punk ************ outta here Aye ghosts are walking Ghosts are talking Everything gon' be different mane Shh karma's coming Ain't no runnin' Death gon' deal with the guilty mane The universe curses the killers mane Can't keep killin' god's children mane A pound of flesh is what you owe Your debt is due give up your ghost Thieves Thieves Thieves What have you done What have you done What have you done What are you making us do Thieves It's on you It's on you Thieves It's on you It's on you It's on you Thieves I think America must see That riots do not develop out of thin air Certain conditions continue to exist in our society Which must be condemned as vigorously As we condemn riots but in the final analysis A riot is the language of the unheard Thieves
[00:05.82]You walk into this room at your own risk [00:08.48]Because it leads to the future [00:10.57]Not a future that will be but one that might be [00:14.06]This is not a new world [00:16.27]It is simply an extension of what began in the old one [00:23.72]Conversing with a ghost conversing with a ghost [00:25.70]He just leaving and he screamin' Jesus [00:27.61]He had the highest hopes he had the highest hopes [00:29.83]People yelling screamin' at polices [00:31.63]Riots tonight riots tonight [00:33.25]Burnin' lootin' shootin' takin' thievin' [00:35.70]Fire and light fire and light [00:37.20]Fill the air and most don't know the reason [00:39.68]Never knew his name never knew his name [00:41.48]But they know his problems and feel his pain [00:43.68]****'s still the same ****'s still the same [00:45.50]We just prey off in they deadly game [00:47.43]It'll never change it'll never change [00:49.36]Too much profit in it and it stay the same [00:51.72]The facts still remain the facts still remain [00:53.52]You can burn the system and start again [00:55.77]Spoke with a ghost [00:57.16]Late night same night [00:58.12]God let me sleep please I'm begging you [00:59.69]Said don't be afraid [01:00.68]Daylight might never break right again once they get at you [01:03.81]Said you'll never be alone again [01:04.96]This house is haunted by pain transposed into revenue [01:07.57]The murdered all stay [01:09.02]That thing when your mind says run but your heart isn't letting you [01:11.85]Said we got an army now [01:13.31]You strike 'em down still they live inside hearts hearts carry them [01:15.87]The weapon is our memory [01:16.88]Some get to count sheep some gotta count kids that they burying [01:19.78]I don't wanna scare nobody [01:21.12]Fears been law for so long that rage feels like therapy [01:23.42]But I'm gonna make 'em remember me [01:25.02]Nobody gets no more sleep till we teach them remembering [01:29.61]Thieves [01:37.51]Thieves [01:43.79]Coming live at five we got new news breaking [01:45.55]You heard here first if you don't die waiting [01:47.91]Hard to review the scene I just seen [01:49.51]I'ma try to convey but it defies explaining [01:51.55]Started with folks just crying [01:53.22]Nothing but broken heart sobs and the shriek of the sirens [01:55.84]Right at the spot where the blood's still drying [01:57.96]Then my god I saw it the dead began rising [02:00.21]I don't know much about science [02:01.54]But I seen an army of armed men stop and get quiet [02:03.75]Mist hung low like a prayer from a tyrant [02:05.85]Sky became black like the stars aren't aligning [02:07.74]So many years of this violence [02:09.18]Now we're surrounded by the souls of the dead and defiant [02:11.93]Saying look what you've done you designed it [02:13.79]When the bough breaks hear the wraith scream riot [02:16.57]No more moms and dads crying [02:17.70]No more arms in the air [02:19.19]We put firearms in the air [02:21.17]Molotov cocktails thrown in the air [02:22.98]Can got dummy don on the air [02:25.14]Talking 'bout he smell that ganja in the air [02:27.27]Dummy don't know and dummy don't care [02:29.17]Get that punk ************ outta here [02:31.26]Aye ghosts are walking [02:32.63]Ghosts are talking [02:33.61]Everything gon' be different mane [02:35.35]Shh karma's coming [02:36.75]Ain't no runnin' [02:37.60]Death gon' deal with the guilty mane [02:39.65]The universe curses the killers mane [02:41.59]Can't keep killin' god's children mane [02:43.55]A pound of flesh is what you owe [02:45.63]Your debt is due give up your ghost [02:49.91]Thieves [02:57.51]Thieves [03:05.48]Thieves [03:07.06]What have you done [03:10.98]What have you done [03:14.55]What have you done [03:18.34]What are you making us do [03:21.54]Thieves [03:23.26]It's on you [03:27.20]It's on you [03:29.54]Thieves [03:31.18]It's on you [03:33.26]It's on you [03:35.01]It's on you [03:37.50]Thieves [03:38.50]I think America must see [03:40.89]That riots do not develop out of thin air [03:43.63]Certain conditions continue to exist in our society [03:48.65]Which must be condemned as vigorously [03:52.34]As we condemn riots but in the final analysis [03:55.94]A riot is the language of the unheard [03:59.35]Thieves
