Tear Gas Jenny

"Hey guys, we're in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle right now I don't know if you can hear me But we have have police now advancing on protesters" "Fuck! Fuck!" "Oh my gosh I'm running, I'm running!" "How long do you Seattle and those few blocks looks like this?" "I don't know, we could have the Summer of Love" Tear gas, t-tear gas, tear gas, tear gas (T-T) It's Jenny with the tear gas T-tear gas, tear gas, tear gas "We could have the Summer of Love" "The use of force must be rare It must be necessary and it must be proportional" It's Jenny with the tear gas T-Tear gas, tear gas, tear gas "We could have the Summer of Love" "I am Captain Allen of the Seattle Police Department I am now issuing a public safety order to disperse" In Seattle where we redline zones So there's more Black Lives Matter signs than Black folks Where the affluent liberals gon' tell you "Vote" But the Democratic mayor keep her foot on your throat (Heh) It's Jenny Durkan that's leadin' this fuckin' circus Sold out the city, so that Bezos could purchase it Accelerated gentrification Forced you out your home so the rich transplants could take it In a city where it always rains but you don't need an umbrella 'Less the cops got the bear mace pointed and ready to spray (Spray) Flashbang grenades Blast balls, the cops aim 'em right at your face This is every day (Every day!) Pigs on parade Circle the block, sirens, hoppin' out for the violence Protect and serve? Protect who? Call it justice when they crush the poor under they boots Meanwhile the cop that killed Charleena Lyles Still ridin' 'round the city Two day suspension for equipment violation Jason Anderson left his taser at home Now Charleena's four kids ain't got no fuckin' Mom People fed up and the precinct bricked up Protests picked up so the police cliqued up They block the exits, give the dispersal orders When you trapped, kettled, can't leave They hit you with the tear gas T-Tear gas, tear gas, tear gas (T-T) It's Jenny with the tear gas T-Tear gas, tear gas, tear gas "We could have the Summer of Love" Jenny Durkan is workin' the waterworks for the cameras Sayin' all the right words, but is worthless with actions Her, Ted Wheeler, Lori Lightfoot too You know Democrats: all talk, no do "We have a system built on systemic racism" No kidding, Jenny, that system is you All you know is the tear gas, baton and the boot Protect the rich corporate interests that donated to you (Hah) Vetoed the tax but the left the cops unfettered Jenny, you make the sex offender mayor look better (Hahaha) Shout out to Ed Murray Jenny got the pedophile endorsement and now she run the city (Yeah) A former US Attorney Let the banks off the hook but gave activists five months solitary Our first lesbian mayor (So progressive!) Corporate careerist, using force to suppress protests The type celebrate the Stonewall Riots Then gas the gay district on the first day of Pride (Heh) Jackboots on the rainbow crosswalks Cap Hill covered in this chemical mixed fog Street mural that say "Black Lives Matter" Cops beat the protesters right on top of the letters Every night for a week, all the scared little piggies Teargassed the densest residential blocks in the city It's just collateral damage for them neighborhood cops But Jenny only wanna talk about violence at CHOP Well, let's talk, those kids got shot 'Cause of this dangerous situation created by your cops Spent a week provoking violence then abandoned East Precinct Made a whole neighborhood into a power vaccuum Chief says it wasn't her, and you say it wasn't you So who gave the order to make the precinct move? 'Cause if it really wasn't her, and it really wasn't you Then who's really in control here Jenny? Who? Tear gas, t-tear gas, tear gas, tear gas (T-T) It's Jenny with the tear gas T-tear gas, tear gas, tear gas "We could have the Summer of Love" You murdered them kids, Jenny, that blood's on you You know CHOP was a setup by your boys in the blue Terror and paranoia from the informants and spooks Sowed seeds for the violence, don't act surprised when they bloom Law enforcement, your first resort and the second Status quo, at all costs to be protected (Yeah) Civil rights protests is met with weapons While you on CNN talkin' 'bout the next election You can fool Chris Cuomo but you can't fool the people Grandstand 'bout Trump for the East Coast liberals (Heh) Say you wanna keep the Feds out your streets But his goons act the same as Seattle police (Hmmm) Authoritarian law and order, there's more of it... And now they got a taste for it... 'Cause, funny thing about the tear gas Once it's out the canister, you can't just put it back Fascism dispersed, rogue police Mike Solan's probably on the phone with Feds as we speak And DHS been waitin' to bring the heat So Mike got his boys instigatin' riots in the street Now they can't seem to answer 911 But got a small army guardin' the police union They wanna scare, panic, make mo' danger Puttin' fake terror threats on the police scanner "Group of the Proud Boys..." Public safety's a protection racket While Lorenzo died they played riot gear dress-up Face it, Jenny, they just do what they like (heh) You banned tear gas, they use it the next night You've unleashed this beast you can't control and you know it Every time you get on TV and lie, you show it When the council tries to pass a bill, you gots to veto it 'Cause your puppetmasters make you dance a dance that they've chosen Stuck between a rock and a hard place, it's certain This mayor can't handle the moral leadership burden The city hurtin', Trump got the Feds lurkin' But Seattle's biggest problem? (Hmph) Jenny Durkan Tear gas, t-tear gas, tear gas, tear gas (T-T) It's Jenny with the tear gas T-Tear gas, tear gas, tear gas "We could have the Summer of Love" "The right to challenge government when it's wrong Is our most fundamental constitutional right" It's Jenny with the tear gas T-Tear gas, tear gas, tear gas "We could have the Summer of Love" "Disperse now!" Hi, Jenny