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Here are the lyrics to "Consent," too. It's about when the cops beat up Sonya (and then didn't get in trouble) because Alicia was riding her bike on the sidewalk. I think I might write out all the lyrics to all these songs, so I don't forget 'em.
Consent
When you swore that you would serve and protect, I don't think you lied
but now that you're out in the world, I doubt you'd deny
that good and evil, right and wrong, they tend to fade away
and all of your moral authority fades to gray
You're neither judge, jury, jailor, genius, nor Jesus Christ
You make decisions without knowing who, what, where, when how or why
You need to find yourself a mirror, spend some time with your own eyes
Figure out how much in there's truth, how much is lies
I've got a couple things in this life, I've had to learn them
You've got a couple things in this life, you've had to learn them (too)
And these bags below my eyes, y'know, I earned them
When you saw a girl riding a bike, you knew you had to act
Yeah breaking the rules in the TL*, you knew you had to act
But when she swore that she had rights, you had to prove her wrong
Show us all who was in charge here all along
've got a couple things in this life, I've had to learn them
You've got a couple things in this life, you've had to learn them (too)
And these bags below my eyes, y'know, I earned them
Twelve cops on one girl, y'know it don't seem right
Twelve cops on one girl who's not trying to fight
But twelve cops on one girl, that's the way it went
One girl screaming, "I do not consent."
*The tenderloin.
Consent
When you swore that you would serve and protect, I don't think you lied
but now that you're out in the world, I doubt you'd deny
that good and evil, right and wrong, they tend to fade away
and all of your moral authority fades to gray
You're neither judge, jury, jailor, genius, nor Jesus Christ
You make decisions without knowing who, what, where, when how or why
You need to find yourself a mirror, spend some time with your own eyes
Figure out how much in there's truth, how much is lies
I've got a couple things in this life, I've had to learn them
You've got a couple things in this life, you've had to learn them (too)
And these bags below my eyes, y'know, I earned them
When you saw a girl riding a bike, you knew you had to act
Yeah breaking the rules in the TL*, you knew you had to act
But when she swore that she had rights, you had to prove her wrong
Show us all who was in charge here all along
've got a couple things in this life, I've had to learn them
You've got a couple things in this life, you've had to learn them (too)
And these bags below my eyes, y'know, I earned them
Twelve cops on one girl, y'know it don't seem right
Twelve cops on one girl who's not trying to fight
But twelve cops on one girl, that's the way it went
One girl screaming, "I do not consent."
*The tenderloin.