Flobots - Flobots lyrics

[Verse 1] Any dream can become a nightmare if we never wake from it Any person can seem like a devil when their story and history are lost to lies We are blinded by falsehoods and weak mythology We are called to wake, we are called to rise The opposite of oppression is liberation Together we can confront the bloodstained chapters of our stories And write with new ink Pages of reconciliation and forgiveness It is time for an exorcism To expel the demons which have separated us To purge our souls from the toxic claims of whiteness To walk gloriously into that great truth we have always known We are family [Verse 2] When my father handed me the lash Taught me false tradition Separate my family white from black Consecrate division I was young and ignorant of grace Lived as they had taught me Down in the river I claim my sins Cast the devil off me [Chorus] Pray the pale white devil back to hell Blessed be my witness Pray the pale white devil back to hell Cry for my forgiveness When the demons beckoned me to come Why did I believe them Named my brother as three fifths a man Left his body bleeding Claimed my sister as their property Used her for their pleasure Pray the pale white devil back to hell Cleanse my sins forever [Verse 3] Look at me and what do you see See somebody up in a tree Saying don't lie to us At the worst of times I see nursery rhymes too anonymous to believe I'd rewrite them posthumously But we can't wipe the blood from these leaves It's inside of us Like a demon spawn Conceived deep beyond Pray to god for us to be free I first caught him in the valley where the water was tainted Followed on the map and saw the spot where it was painted The bottle was ancient Fiddle with the folds of a riddle made sacred 7 million dollars out of only one sl------p From the mystery run Screaming oh my god it's begun Now we read prophecies of our progeny And the monsters they have become What the hell have we done [Chorus] Pray the pale white devil back to hell Make my soul unbroken Pray the pale white devil back to hell Let my eyes be opened [Verse 4] Hip hop is transphobic I speak the statement seeking its irrelevance When it's said the further from hell it gets So why call BLM some terrorists We did the same with martin And worse with the suffragettes First resistance Forgiveness is coming next Before the wing is the cell of the chrysalis The catalyst to something else They'd pay attention If I eliminated a Mona Lisa When God's masterpieces are k**ed with increasing frequency Imitate immortals just to get someone to listen We are building up a world that changes shame into contrition We have named our mission Praying not condemning Blood relations are craving witness Liberation from this nation's sickness We will win with no malice and no militias Speak truth to your neighbor For we are all members of one body Be angry and sin not Do not let the sun go down on your wrath Nor give place to the devil Our weapon will not be righteousness Our tool will be humanity Pray the pale white devil back to hell Shout him from the heavens Usher in the souls long cast aside Beg for resurrection Turn and face your savior eye to eye Stand for your conviction Pray the pale white devil back to hell Til the lord is risen