US vs THEM
Hip-Hop/Rap
US vs THEM was released on June 19, 2026 by ShoNuff Productions Ent. as a part of the album unTILTed vol. 1: Songs for Revolution - EP
Release DateJune 19, 2026
LabelShoNuff Productions Ent.
LanguageEnglish
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BPM111
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Denzel Means
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Denzel Means
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
BunsenLabs
Executive Producer
Lyrics
If you ain't us
Then you them
If you ain't them
Then you with us
If you with us, you can't be with them
And if you with them, you're clearly not us
So if you with us, then line up with us
If you with them, then get with them too
There's a thin blue line somewhere
Drawn between my team and you
If you ain't us
Then you them
If you ain't them
Then you with us
If you with us, you can't be with them
And if you with them, you're clearly not us
So if you with us, then line up with us
If you with them, then get with them too
There's a thin blue line somewhere
Drawn between my team and you
Ain't no ethical standards, blue sticks next to blue
In or out this uniform we be the cult that your government grew
board seats, fraternities, we got a tank on the way it'll drop next week
And hit the streets the same day, patrol my ass away
Somebody's kid will get beat
Mercilessly, I'm hurt they see me
In a negative light
I'm just doing what's right
Keeping crime down day and by night
I'm a soldier
these blocks are where the enemy was sighted
Motorcyclin
Probably carrying drugs or packing heat
One way or another hes going in a cell or a bag if he flees by feet
And who cares if another mother fucker bites the dust
There's more of you and I was scared and I'm the one with the trust
And a badge and a gun
So get the fuck up outta the truck
If you move, I'm mercurial, trigger fingers itchin
Don't hear me just fear me, I'm vicious
I'll back on patrol with a spring in my stroll
And a glimmer of hope this gun is my rope
The anger ill cope
And take a great dose of human terror
If i see you what you scared of
Don't attempt to glare, cuz
If I see you looking ill put a bullet in your spine
With some paperwork and coffee ill be back on the turn of a dime
I'm just turning in time until that pension is mine or if I die tonight then my wife will be fine, (wife will be fine)
Insurance and wine, (insurance and wine)
If you ain't us
Then you them
If you ain't them
Then you with us
If you with us, you can't be with them
And if you with them, you're clearly not us
So if you with us, then line up with us
If you with them, then get with them too
There's a thin blue line somewhere
Drawn between my team and you
If you ain't us
Then you them
If you ain't them
Then you with us
If you with us, you can't be with them
And if you with them, you're clearly not us
So if you with us, then line up with us
If you with them, then get with them too
There's a thin blue line somewhere
Drawn between my team and you
Somebody snitched
Said that he witnessed me leave some poor kid in a ditch
I've got an itch, to take out this bitch
Until this case is closed dammit I'm stuck on a bench
Pushing this paper
I'll see them later
But they will never be seen again
Not in my town, can't have that around
Leave or know how it feels just to drown
Or maybe they died, I never lied
All that I know is that I got them fired
Christmas time miracle they come out alive, I thrive
On brandishing power
This gun lets me tower
Above
I'm planting some drugs, cause I need a bust
Been 30 days since my last raise
I'm hungry the freezer ain't got no more steak
My wife's beef is fake, and that costs a lot
So I'm on this corner hit lockup for rocks
The first group of thugs is gonna get stopped
They run I give chase and some will get popped
Plant pistols and coke on any I drop
3/4 four I'm cropping their top
The one that remains, my mag has been drained
So I whip him instead
Draw blood from his head
Then haul him to bed in a cell
I'll make his life hell for the weekend at least
No mercy no quarter one meal no relief
On me! from actions my motif is seen
Avoid disbelieve and trust what you see
Our misdeeds protected by the FOP
Don't call us in need
Or we will proceed
To fuck up your life
Expediently
If you ain't us
Then you them
If you ain't them
Then you with us
If you with us, you can't be with them
And if you with them, you're clearly not us
So if you with us, then line up with us
If you with them, then get with them too
There's a thin blue line somewhere
Drawn between my team and you
If you ain't us
Then you them
If you ain't them
Then you with us
If you with us, you can't be with them
And if you with them, you're clearly not us
So if you with us, then line up with us
If you with them, then get with them too
There's a thin blue line somewhere
Drawn between my team and you
Rebels: The pigs have entered the pen, I repeat the pigs have entered the pen.
Pig 1: aw fuck it's blocked off back out
Pig 2: I can't there's truck blocking the alley!
R1: yea we got that ass now. (We gon fry some bacon heheh)
R:2 Don't let 'em out the whip.
R3: let's see how they like this
P1: fuck were trapped!
P2: I know man just get down call for back - fuck I'm hit
R4: fuck em up cuh (yeaaa fuck em up!!!)
R5: send em back to they maker (expediently my ****!)
R6: who got the fire bomb? (It's right here, let's get lit)
If you ain't them
Then you us
If you ain't us
Then you with them
If you with them, you can't be with us
And if you with us, you're clearly not them
So if you with them, then line up with them
If you with us, then get with us too
You've crossed the line
That you designed
Between my team and you.
I've had enough! Why shouldn't we just firebomb these pigs
They got weapons we got brains and the need to protect our kids
We protest and chant in peace. They box us in and hit the gas
If we burn their fuckin cars we could probably strand their ass
They got snipers on the roof we'll send up a squad or two
Since we feared, might as well wear the mask you expect us to
I'm a citizen without power so I'm skipping past arresting you
Investing hot lead instead in you, the wait is dead with you
I'm beheading one or two
Go for three, I might hit four
Take shelter in the shadow that's created by that door
Fuck yo SWAT we trained by war, it's what politicians aimed for
When you took away our parks
Tentacles in the arts
Public schools gutted gave the money to the narcs
the feds, the SWAT, yo local mother fucking PD
We get squat in public schools and charter schools are fucking shady
So young **** walk the street it's fucking crazy
And you wanna blame the music but won't address the situation
My ancestors got an I OWE YOU that I'm bound to get investing
So pay up, you shady bitch, you can pay to invade a country
Cut the fucking defense budget and give my **** all some money
Quit acting funny
Time is runny
Raise the heat and Cook that yolk and seal a deal
Prosperity for all and a chance to really heal
This goddamn country 'fore the damage goes entirely too far
My people on our brains wear a motherfucking scar
Burns on our ankles from where they locked the chains
Metaphorical or not
You gonna crawl around for confirmation In the gutters
You'll get shot
And you bet not get a spot on my goddamn shoes
Me and my **** got the blues
Trynna trust in you
For change
You built a new prison instead
And said
That things
Wouldn't be the same
Another death in custody any fucking way
He OD'd so he's a criminal that's what the TV say
People nod and get back to business
It's just a normal fucking day in Indiana
In America, it's prison
You'll get sucked in no escape
If you try to fix the problem from the inside
You'll be converted young ****. assimilate or die
So the only real solution is to burn the fucker down if the system isn't working then a new one must be found
New foundations in the ground but you worship words from dead "fathers"
They would have a seizure if they saw today
What dollars
Could buy
Its time to decide
Which side of history
You wish to reside
I got a bone to split in half and pick your fuckin locks
Now I'm inside
Your residence
Your safe space
I'm just chillin on your docks
I'm in your temple then I'm gone, a voice begins to drone
You hear me when you come around the corner but you're alone
Your kids listen to my music you can hear it down the stairs
Discombobulated heirs; but their yours so you cannot disown
I lit a fire in your home; your red cap with white text, now you fear to roam
Down your own damn halls
I might be fused within the walls
And you won't even know; just let my people go
I'm splitting rivers of blood
Withhold the flood so my people can navigate across
Ain't no nails in my hands or my feet accept no loss
Every death is too great
Ain't had time to catch a break from the last two heartaches
I watch oppressors get tossed as I release the standing wave
Then I wave my fucking blade and take off heads when they pop above the surface
The pressure builds, increase the heat so put their bodies in a furnace
All that 1 percenter fat will most assuredly burn up
When there's nothing left but ash I'll use the carbon in the garden for my turnips
And other random veggies
Make no mistake, I am not begging consider this prophetic
There's only shoulders left pig you're motherfucking headless
If you ain't them
Then you us
If you ain't us
Then you with them
If you with them, you can't be with us
And if you with us, you're clearly not them
So if you with them, then line up with them
If you with us, then get with us too
You've crossed the line
That you designed
Between my team and you
Written by: Denzel Means

