Writing On The Wall

Words & Music by Trés & Beverly Bratty

Draw another line
Choose your colours
See the writing on the wall
Hot steel
In the hand of a child
Someone's about to fall
Shots ring out
A child screams
Didn't skin his knees
Hide your eyes
So when they ask
No one will have seen

Power, retribution
Do the colours
Make you strong
Power, retribution
Do you feel like
You belong
Do you feel like you belong

A young boy dies
Just eight years old
He wore red instead of green
His killer was caught by the men in blue
He was just thirteen
Big man now
You got your juice
And the fear of all your friends
Put your hands in your pockets
And watch your back
This is how it all begins

Power, retribution
Do the colours
Make you strong
Power, retribution
Do you feel like
You belong
Do you feel like you belong

Did your time ,Can't get a job
Don't know what to do
Things have changed
Your best friend's dead
Your girl found someone new
He's drawn his line
He's chosen his colour
He sees you and takes aim
You have regrets
But they never forget
And it starts all over again

Power, retribution
Do the colours
Make you strong
Power, retribution
Do you feel like
You belong
Do you feel like you belong

Draw another line
Choose your colours
See the writing on the wall