John Brown's Body - Shake The Dice lyrics

We gonna send fire to teach you / shake the dice We might take all that you own So when you say another word we will see through games and lies So don't you dare make a sound So you tumble down / you're breaking your bones The steeper the road you go Yet we all keep fighting just to play Said I can't pretend the disease don't show / now you're addicted and broke Betting you can float, but in this slippery town Just take a step and you'll drown Same time while you're belly's full we can't get food enough So shake in your boots we shout / we figure it out We breaking you down So are you strong enough / not to call or bluff Strong enough to be free from games we play? Shake up the dice and throw / play your hand or you fold Shake up the dice and throw / decide are you gonna fight or make peace with me Shake up the dice and throw / hypnotized we stumble Shake up the dice and throw / decide are you gonna fight or make peace with me? Our politician's hands are greased / they sold out to the beast Represents the great seal watch as they compromise ideals Why it's a law, Fam / witnessed and saw man They put the guns in the hands of the youth that lost all hope Set up as the scapegoat so people won't know the true Nature of the beast / now watch here is the key With just a slight of the hand the crowd it goes wild They tighten down our shackles and all we seein' is smiles They shaking the dice / it's just an ego device Got addicted to games and now they're playing with life I'm on a world tour with Elras my man With a Mic in our hands, revealing terrorist plans You play me too far, now we coming to your own home To make you give what you owe You can't help the way you shudder and shake / you're thinking too slow You better wait 'til you're grown You can't play your card deceiving the crowd, so keep on watching your mouth Or maybe truth will come out Don't break your neck just to steal the prize / play for something real