Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Red tie Blue tie Same fangs Same bite Shake hands backstage Then they stage the fight One script Two actors Reading off the teleprompter Argue on the airwaves Toast in the helicopter They fund both sides Same pockets getting fat Left wing, right wing Same bird, same trap They smile for the cameras Sell dreams in a soundbite But Flint still thirsty Rent still sky-high They praying on divides Race, faith, zip code Got us throwing stones While they flipping zip codes They pick the channels We pick a team They own the stadium We just scream [Chorus] One snake, two heads Same poison in the veins They don’t work for the people They just work for their gain We’ve been sleeping in the fire Now we waking in the flame Time to rise up, rise up Call the monster by its name One snake, two heads Same contracts, different pen They pretend to be our voice Then they sell us out again We been quiet for too long Now we tearing off the chains Time to rise up, rise up Call the monster by its name (hey!) [Verse 2] They distract with the circus While they raiding every purse Blame your broke neighbor While they write a bigger verse On a bill you never read But you pay it every month In your time, in your debt In your back, in your lungs They auction off the air They auction off the land They shake a pastor’s hand While they redraw the map “Pick red, pick blue” That’s the trick in the hat They never say “pick you” They don’t profit off that So I’m talking ‘bout unions Block clubs, group chats Kitchen table meetings Real power in the facts We don’t need a mascot We need us in the room We don’t need their blessing We the ones who get to choose (yeah) [Chorus] One snake, two heads Same poison in the veins They don’t work for the people They just work for their gain We’ve been sleeping in the fire Now we waking in the flame Time to rise up, rise up Call the monster by its name One snake, two heads Same contracts, different pen They pretend to be our voice Then they sell us out again We been quiet for too long Now we tearing off the chains Time to rise up, rise up Call the monster by its name [Bridge] This ain’t left, this ain’t right This is front line life This is three jobs deep Still choosing which light Keeps burning through the night While they’re buying up the sky We the ones, we the many They the few, they the lie (rise up) [Chorus] One snake, two heads Same poison in the veins They don’t work for the people They just work for their gain We’ve been sleeping in the fire Now we waking in the flame Time to rise up, rise up Call the monster by its name One snake, two heads Same contracts, different pen They pretend to be our voice Then they sell us out again We been quiet for too long Now we tearing off the chains Time to rise up, rise up Call the monster by its name (rise up)
Tags
rap, Dark, insurgent boom-bap with male vocals; crunchy drums, menacing bass, chopped choir stabs. Verses stay tight and percussive, close-mic and slightly distorted; hook explodes with gang vocals and heavy low-end. Minimal eerie keys in the background, last chorus adds octave-doubled vocals and ad-libs for a rally feel.
Duration
3:17
Instrumental
No
Created
3/15/2026