[Verse 1 – Rapper 1]
We the cold front
Steel toes in the slush
That’s stomp
Red stain on the frost
That’s want
Old scars on the flag
That’s haunt
You draw lines
I draw maps on your border
You stack laws
I stack facts in order
Talk peace but you budget for armor
Then you call my anger “disorder”
You want quiet?
We been quiet too long
Now riot
Whole block like a fuse
Can’t hide it
You lit the match
Now watch me ignite it
[Chorus – Female]
Red and white on fire
We’re burning from the inside
Brothers turn to rivals
Same sky
Picking different sides
Can we stop the sirens
Before the last bridge dies?
Red and white on fire
Still I’m praying we survive
[Verse 2 – Rapper 2]
I’m from deep freeze
Town where the mills all seized
You from glass towers
Tall steel trees
Say “tighten belts” while you sip and you breeze
You call order
I feel choke
You call progress
I smell smoke
From the houses that you left broke
Then you blame us when we won’t cope
So I march in the rain
Boots heavy with the old pain
Heart heavy for the whole chain
From the prairies to the coastline
[Chorus – Female]
Red and white on fire
We’re burning from the inside
Brothers turn to rivals
Same sky
Picking different sides
Can we stop the sirens
Before the last bridge dies?
Red and white on fire
Still I’m praying we survive
[Bridge – Rapper 1 & 2 + Female]
[Rapper 1]
You my cousin
My kin
My mirror
Why’s your flag feel so much nearer?
[Rapper 2]
You my neighbor
Still a stranger
Same land
But we trade anger
[Female
Soaring]
If we’re the storm and shelter
Who do we run to now?
If every word is weapon
Who lays the armor down?
[Chorus – Female]
Red and white on fire
We’re burning from the inside
Brothers turn to rivals
Same sky
Picking different sides
Can we stop the sirens
Before the last bridge dies?
Red and white on fire
Still I’m praying we survive (we survive)