State of Emergency

Shots ring out in another town
911 there's another child down
You say it's your right in the land of the free
But now it's become a social disease
They'll rush to vindicate this insanity
While there's still blood lying on the street
This rich country's in a state of decay
And no one's safe in the USA

Another bullet takes a kid mom his family
L'm appealing to your heart, l'm appealing to your sanity
Lock them all up and throw away the key
From your cold dead hands, if that's how it's gotta be

This is a state, it's a state of emergency
When every other day there's another tragedy
This is a state, it's a state of emergency
When every other day another bullet takes a kid away

Thoughts and prayers they don't do a thing
It's just an insult to the victim's family
How are we living in the land of the free
When so many kids are shot dead on the street
They'll smugly debate this insanity
'Cause dollars and cents are all they see
Got blood on your hands and no peace of mind
As you profit from the carnage left behind