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March 15th 2002: Montrealers rallying against police brutality are struck down by riot forces, beaten and accused of crimes for protesting the true offenders Everyone put down your guns, use your brain, stop the pain We have to fight for what is right. We'll make it stop, fuck the cops They claim they're just doing their job as they push your face against the wall They think that they're above the laws that they enforce, they've gone too far Cuffing kids for riding skateboards, kissing the ass of the corporate whores "To serve and protect" the interests of the people wearing the diamond gloves Forget about the average person, forget about the lives you're hurting Arrest the people stealing to survive, ignore the ones committing real crimes But this oppression doesn't end with cops, you can follow it right up to the top Hoover set up COINTELPRO to kill opposition (especially in the black community) to the system Locked away the Angola 3 and Mumia put away for almost thirty years and they're still there Not a single shred of evidence to keep them behind bars, no state officials trying to find out who the real killers are They're happy cuz they've made an example with innocent ones Keep America dumb Aus Songtexte Mania