No Papers = No Peace

**(Intro – whispered, then shouted)**

Hands up.

Heads down.

Say your name—

*Too loud.*

**(Chant / Hook)**

No papers—

No peace.

No mercy—

Just teeth.

No papers—

No peace.

Knock knock—

Who bleeds?

**(Verse 1)**

Boots on the porch, middle of the night

Flash of a badge, flash of a light

Mama don’t cry, don’t make a sound

Freedom’s quiet when it’s hunting you down

They call it clean, they call it right

But it smells like fear and diesel lights

Zip-tie justice, concrete floors

Count the kids, lock the doors

**(Pre-Chant)**

Say it’s law

Say it’s fair

Say it slow

So you don’t hear

**(Chant / Chorus)**

No papers—

No peace.

Rip roots—

Repeat.

No papers—

No peace.

Built walls—

Not free.

**(Post-Chant – call & response style)**

Who’s illegal? — *NOT A LIFE.*

Who’s protected? — *NOT TONIGHT.*

Who’s the threat? — *NOT ME.*

Say it louder—

*NO. PAPERS. NO. PEACE.*

**(Verse 2)**

Stars and stripes on a loaded gun

Preaching love while they take your son

Temporary cages, permanent scars

Call it “processing,” call it war

They say “go home” like home’s still there

Like fire and blood don’t fill the air

Like hope didn’t crawl across the line

With blistered feet and borrowed time

**(Pre-Chant)**

Draw the line

Draw it thick

Wash your hands

Of the kids

**(Chorus – faster, angrier)**

No papers—

No peace.

No choice—

Just knees.

No papers—

No peace.

Pray quiet—

Or scream.

**(Break – stomp / clap section)**

Stomp.

Stomp.

Count the cost.

Clap.

Clap.

Who’s it lost?

**(Bridge – half-spoken, venomous)**

If this is order, it’s built on bones

If this is safety, it dies alone

You don’t get crowns from stolen breath

You don’t get peace by choosing death

(Not a threat—

A mirror.)

**(Final Chant – layered voices)**

No papers—

No peace.

No papers—

No peace.

No papers—

No peace.

Say their names—

*LET THEM BREATHE.*

**(Outro – whispered chant fading out)**

No papers…

No peace…

No papers…

No—