Standing Baltimore Rock
They hose them down with freezing water for standing in defiance in the —
Streets of Baltimore
They shoot them down and wash the blood from the pavement on the —
Plains of the Dakotas
They pollute the water of inner city schoolchildren —
by running oilpipes under their traditional sacred lands
They pollute the water of Native schoolchildren —
by leaving the lead in the pipes in the run down public schools
They bring in bulldozers and trucks and oil companies to —
Gentrify the blocks until residents can’t afford them
They buy up tracts of land and neighborhoods and then invite corporations to —
Dig up burial sites and desecrate traditional land
They fly illegal subcontracted surveillance overhead —
As buffalo thunder over grasses like they own the place
They bring in the National Guard and private armoured trucks —
As kids on dirtbikes pop wheelies in defiance
The people rise up, they stand in solidarity as —News cameras flock to suck up the latest bits of destruction
The people rise up, they stand in solidarity as —News cameras flock to suck up the latest bits of destruction
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