Message in a Hammer

Born in trouble water Every stroke is war They drowned the ones before us But we'll make it to shore Message in this hammer Is coming down on you Message in a gun Aiming at your head Message in this hammer (message in this hammer) Coming down on you (coming down on you) Message in this gun (message in this gun) Aiming at your head You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me 'til nothing remain We won't take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me 'til nothing remain We won't take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling I have seen the future In the future we won We have been reborn To build we must destroy I don't want peace, oh, we don't talk 'til we tire I won't say please, oh, we fight fire with fire We are the people, we won't sit and be quiet Government devils, all of them liars All of them liars, all of them thief President (thief), governor (thief) Senator (thief), commissioner (thief) Ambassador (thief), minister (thief) Treasurer (thief), advisor (thief) Judge, oh (thief), army (thief) Police man (thief), SARS, oh (thief) Inspector (thief), general (thief) All of them murderers You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me 'til nothing remain We won't take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me 'til nothing remain We won't take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling Oh, message in a hammer Burning down the order Tearing down the walls for a New day, new breath I can feel the tide turn Let the fire pour Can't you see it's time for a new day New dawn, new dawn You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me, 'til nothing remain We won't take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling You can beat me, shoot me, kill me (thief), throw me in jail (thief) You can strip me, use me, abuse me (thief) 'til nothing remain (thief) We won't take it kindly (thief), take it smiling (thief) We won't take it kindly (thief), take it smiling (thief) You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me 'til nothing remain We won't take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling (All of them murderers)