Homegrown - Billy Raffoul

He was seventeen when he crossed state lines

Not enough to drink, barely old enough to drive

A youth self-deputized, he took the lives of two

But he won’t be remembered for domesticated terror

It don’t fit the agenda if your skin can get no fairer, blue

The colour of his eyes and the lives he’s sworn onto

You were once a child too

Make no mistake, make no excuse

From the highest branch down to the roots

Dig up the seeds we’ve sown

Hatred has always been homegrown

We publicize the names of the slayer not the slain

And illuminate the way for more from where he came

False gods on a network wage that are never gonna pay the cost

Who were once just children too

Make no mistake, make no excuse

From the highest branch down to the roots

Dig up the seeds we’ve sown

Hatred has always been homegrown

We view an execution from the comfort of our homes

Due process rendered useless on the curbside of a road

Hear pleas for humanity to a brute with an iron knee

But he was once a child too

Make no mistake, make no excuse

From the highest branch down to the roots

Dig up the seeds we’ve sown

Hatred has always been homegrown