Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Stampin' Ground
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Adam Frakes-sime
Composer
Adrian Stokes
Composer
Atony Mowbray
Composer
Ian Glasper
Lyrics
Scott Atkins
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stampin' Ground
Co-Producer
Dave Chang
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When reason dies behind closed doors
Face down in a cell in a pool of piss
It's time to fear what we should respect
It's time to question cause and effect
Striking with impunity
Hiding behind flags of immunity
Striking with impunity
[Verse 2]
Corruption rears its ugly head
The force of law becomes a farce
Personal ambition usurps justice
The rich protected at the expense of the poor
Would you sit on the fence
Take no chance as those batons fall
Now they all turn a blind eye
[Verse 3]
In an ideal world
There'd be no need for law
No need for police
But in a society so sick
So obsessed with blind greed
Somebody has to protect
The old and the weak
[Verse 4]
Officer down
Officer down
Officer down
[Verse 5]
Can we really afford to be selectively blind?
If we dig too deep what will we find?
At authority's heart beats a dollar sign
Under such a regime we're doing time
Striking with impunity
Hiding behind flags of immunity
Striking with impunity
[Verse 6]
Never say you weren't warned
When they come to drag you away
To silence the dissent hiding in us all
They clench the fist of ordained might
From which side of the barbed wire
Do you want to see your life pass by?
[Verse 7]
In an ideal world
There'd be no need for law
No need for police
But in a society so sick
So obsessed with blind greed
Somebody has to protect
The old and the weak
[Verse 8]
Officer down
Officer down
Officer down
[Verse 9]
When reason dies behind closed doors
Face down in a cell in a pool of piss
It's time to fear what you respect
It's time to question
Cause
And effect
[Verse 10]
Who teaches the teachers?
Who makes laws for lawmakers?
When they read our rights
What about human rights?
[Verse 11]
Never say you weren't warned
When they come to drag you away
To silence the dissent hiding in us all
They clench the fist of ordained might
From which side of the barbed wire
Do you want to see your life pass by?
[Verse 12]
In an ideal world
There'd be no need for law
No need for police
But in a society so sick
So obsessed with blind greed
Someone has to protect
The old and the weak
Written by: Adam Frakes-sime, Adrian Stokes, Atony Mowbray, Ian Glasper, Scott Atkins
