We Are Winning

Rival gangsters sit down to plan an after school program A religious fanatic posts footage of an interfaith service project A group of teenage boys watches a video of a father playing catch with his son An adult film star paints thumbnail portraits of elderly couples fully clothed an smiling A record executive records a demo of his apology A policeman makes reverse 911 calls instructing residents to take to the streets A patriarch reports for duty She's wearing an orange jumpsuit and holding a picket sign She's ashamed of her birthplace, but retreat is not an option Women and children Front line Log on Tune in Stand and be counted, wounded, stationed In the belly of the vulture watch your back Theres no civilians Women, children Front line listen Consider this a distant early warning The fires imminent Pollution gathering dust particles Funneling through smokestacks, airways, bandwidth This information tube fed Check the labels Delete the virus Alert the masses Butterfly wing cross wings,send black hawks toward hurricane survivors Roses sprout from empty lots and sidewalk cracks Pacifist gorillas move undetected, through concrete jungles New forms are beginning to take shape Once occupied minds are activating. People are waking up! The insurgency is alive and well Rise of the flobots Portrait of The new American insurgent Rattle and shake the foundations of the world order Assembly line incent, resist, refuse Inform, create Direct loved one's to the trenches Suit up forge rubble into fortress's Plaster, cloth, aluminum Broken porcelain Rusted platinum Burn blood stains from decompressed diamonds Hammer the battle cry into braille studded armor We are building up a new world Do not sit idly by Do not remain neutral Do not rely on this broadcast, alone We are only as strong as our signal There is a war going on for your mind If you are thinking, you are winning Resistance is victory Defeat is impossible Your weapons are already in hand Reach within you and find the means by which to gain your freedom Fight with tools Your fate, and that of everyone you know Depends on it --- We Are Winning - Flobots