--- 🔥 Verse 1 — MODERN HELL WITH AN OLD NAME I’m in a world where the laws got plastic smiles, Where the system shake hands while they sharpenin’ files. You think Jim Crow died? HE JUST MOVED ONLINE — Now he hide behind data, And “policy design.” Every law they rewrite still cut from the same blade, Just dipped in perfume so the pain look “upgraded.” They talk equal rights while they move behind curtains — And hit us with rules that don’t look racist, But work like it certain. I’m out the pocket? GOOD. I’m done playin’ polite — I’m swingin’ truth like an axe In the middle of the night. ‘Cause silence was a coffin That they wanted me fitted, But I broke out that box And made the whole world admit it. --- 🔥 HOOK — METAL DETONATION, DMX SHOUTING THROUGH CHAOS TEAR DOWN THE ALTAR THEY BUILT OUT OF PAIN!!! (uh!!) I’M A SCAR THEY CAN’T SANITIZE, BORN FROM THE CHAIN!!! (grr!!) THE TRUTH DON’T BLEED CLEAN — IT BLEED BLACK AND REAL!!! (grrah!!) AND THEY HATE WHEN A VOICE LIKE MINE REFUSES TO KNEEL!!! I’M THE RAGE THEY CAN’T FILTER!! THE FIRE THEY CAN’T BAN!! THE LAW DON’T PROTECT ME — IT JUST TEST IF I STAND!! YEAH!! WHAT!! BRING IT BACK!!! --- 🔥 Verse 2 — OLD WOUNDS, NEW CHAINS, SAME WAR They want my trauma in a PG version, But the truth rated X for the pain I’m immersed in. Kids still dodgin’ bullets like it’s part of a sport, Schools built like prisons, Courts built like a fort. They gave neighborhoods red lines like chalk outlines, Told us “rise above” with no ladders, just fines. Police laws written like “hunt first, explain later,” Qualified immunity Like God signed the waiver. They say “times changed,” BUT WHERE? Point to one damn street Where a Black boy can walk Without fear in his feet. ‘Cause I ain’t seen it — Not east, west, north, south — We still hold generations Of screams in our mouth. --- 🔥 BROKEN-BRIDGE — METAL CHOKE + DMX GROWL/SPEAK (whispered like death metal) You want peace? Stop writin’ rules that look like traps. You want change? Stop puttin’ kids in maps Designed for failure… You want quiet? Then fix the noise — ‘Cause the silence inside us Ain’t from choice. --- 🔥 FINAL HOOK — FULL METAL CARNAGE, DMX UNLEASHED TEAR DOWN THE ALTAR THEY BUILT OUT OF PAIN!!! (yeah!!) TURN EVERY MODERN LAW BACK TO THE NAME IT CONTAINED!!! CHILDREN GROWIN’ UP IN CHAOS LIKE THEY TRAININ’ FOR WAR!!! AND THEY WONDER WHY WE SCREAM WHEN WE CAN’T TAKE IT NO MORE!!! I’M THE TRUTH THEY CAN’T FILTER, THE FIRE THEY CAN’T TAME!!! THEY CALL ME EVIL — BUT EVIL AIN’T HERE… ONLY HISTORY WITH A NAME!!! GRRRAHHH!! WHAT!! LEMME TALK!!! YEAH!!! (Guitars fade like sirens drifting into darkness) ---

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