[Intro]
Sirens in the air
Smoke over the station
Screens all glare
Chosen has no motivation
[Verse 1]
Whole sky red like a warning
News crawl talking in circles
Kids eat lies every morning
Flags wave over new curfews
Steel birds hum over housing
Old heads stare at the pavement
Every law sound like a pounding
Every speech feel like enslavement
I seen neighbors sell neighbors
Just to get a little clearance
Seen truth buried in papers
Tiny print, fine interference
And I sit still on the mattress
Phone glow, thumb in rotation
Scroll war, scroll ads, scroll madness
Chosen has no motivation
[Chorus]
This is the downfall
Nobody stand tall
Whole damn nation on vacation
Chosen has no motivation
They got the streets on freeze
Hearts on empty, minds on leave
Watching the flames on every station
Chosen has no motivation (yeah)
[Verse 2]
They build walls out of talking
Thin bricks, thick allegations
They call peace "hostile walking"
Call pain "data fluctuations"
Kids learn fear before numbers
Learn to duck before counting
Hear drones sing in their slumber
Hear debt stack like a mountain
Leaders staged like a movie
Perfect tie, dead eyes, same phrases
Promise hope in a koozie
Sell it cheap in brand-new cages
I got rage in my ribs now
Twitch thumbs, blank face, stagnation
All this chaos on my window
Still I scroll in hesitation
[Chorus]
This is the downfall
Nobody stand tall
Whole damn nation on vacation
Chosen has no motivation
They got the streets on freeze
Hearts on empty, minds on leave
Watching the flames on every station
Chosen has no motivation (hey)
[Bridge]
They say, “Stand up”
I say, “For what?”
They say, “Fight back”
I stare at the cut
Blood on the flag
Dust in my lungs
Dreams in a bag
Weight on my tongue (woah)
[Chorus]
This is the downfall
Nobody stand tall
Whole damn nation on vacation
Chosen has no motivation
They got the streets on freeze
Hearts on empty, minds on leave
Watching the flames on every station
Chosen has no motivation
[Outro]
Sirens in my sleep
Ash in the foundation
If hope too deep
Then dig it from stagnation
One voice, one spark
Past fear, past sedation
Either we rise from the dark
Or live with no motivation