Violent by Design

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You gotta lotta trust in thugs in uniform So who is it that you think that they protect you from? Who do you see when you see 'them'? Model-village citizen [Verse 2] Just a slap on our wrists and we know it We breathe easy, sleep easy Our shock shows our distance Shows we've not been listening [Verse 3] There to make us safe Keep us in our place Criminals must pay So do what they say [Verse 4] Whose law? Whose order? Whose law? Whose order? Why address need when they can protect greed? The P.I.C.'s expanding What kind of peace do they keep? I see no justice [Chorus] You think they make us safe? Are they a friendly face? Keep us all in our place Hey, it's a pretty nice place you got there Oh, are they the good guys? Are they the nation's pride? Always on the right side The thin blue line is violent by design [Verse 5] Invented to protect property Value statues more than our bodies They humiliate and disbelieve They protect their own Just a domestic She had it coming [Verse 6] Just a wrong'un in a just system Can't even deliver on its own outcomes They get access to the vulnerable There's rapists and killers in uniform But why didn't she call up the police? [Chorus] You take their advice? Do you stay home at night? We're more likely to die In our homes at the hands of a man we know Oh, are they the good guys? Are they the nation's pride? Always on the right side The thin blue line is violent by design [Outro] How many bad apples Till we look at the tree Pull at its roots Confront our history? ACAB They don't protect me