[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)