In Or Out

Porch light burning in the pitch dark night

A Momma Crying, on her knees praying with all her might

Good Lord Please Protect My Child.

Blacktop heat

July church sign

"God is love"

but they bought her online

Motel B

peeling paint, no name

Fake ID picture

don't match her age

Took her phone

took her face from the 'Gram

Told her, "Baby, you mine"

then he branded her hand

Fifty bucks

for the room, same sheets

Same man

Ain’t no halo

in these backroad deals

Just chains they hide

behind leather and steel

If you see that girl

with the far-off eyes

You either ride for the truth

or you ride with the lies,

We got graves on the highway

unmarked, unpaid

You gon’ pray it away

or you gon’ get in the way?

Cash app ding

that’s a teenage scream

Turned into a number

on a cracked phone screen

He say "she grown"

but her backpack small

Cartoon keychain

draggin’ down the hall

Neon "VACANCY"

buzzin’ like a fly

Deputy drives past

never looks to the side

Church folks talkin’

'bout sin, 'bout booze

But the devil rent a room

with a Bible in the drawer

Ain’t no halo

in these backroad deals

Just chains they hide

behind leather and steel

If you see that boy

with the deadpan stare

You either walk on by

or you stand right there

We got graves on the highway

unmarked, unpaid

You gon’ scroll it away

or you gon’ get in the way?

Yeah, that "missing" poster

on the Wal-Mart wall

Ain’t just ink

that’s a mama’s calls

That never hit

That never ring back

That’s a last seen shirt

And a borrowed backpack

So write down plates

Memorize faces

Trust that gut

when your heart start racin’

Call that tip line

let it ring, let it ring

Better snitch on a rumor

than bury a dream (hey!)

Ain’t no halo

in these backroad deals

Just chains they hide

behind leather and steel

If you see that kid

and somethin’ ain’t right

You either shut your mouth

or you light that fight

We got graves on the highway

unmarked, unpaid

Operation:Preying On Predators

You gonna join the fight or get out of our way. We Fight The Evil People Claim Don't Exist