A
He was seventeen when he crossed state lines
A
Not old enough to drink, barely old enough to drive
E
A youth self-deputized, he took the lives
E
Of two
A
But he won't be remembered for domesticated terror
A
It don't fit the agenda if your skin can get no fairer,
E
blue,
E
The colour of his eyes and the lives he's sworn onto
[Chorus]
B F#m A E
You were once a child too
B F#m A E
Make no mistakе, make no excuse
E F#m A E
From thе highest branch down to the roots
F#m A
Dig up the seeds we've so-own
F#m A E
Hatred has always been - homegrown
[Verse 2]
A
We publicize the names of the slayer not the slain
A
And illuminate the way for more from where he came
E E
False gods on a network wage that are never gonna pay the cost
[Chorus]
B F#m A E
Who were once just children too
B F#m A E
Make no mistakе, make no excuse
E F#m A E
From thе highest branch down to the roots
F#m A
Dig up the seeds we've so-own
F#m A E
Hatred has always been - homegrown
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
A
We view an execution from the comfort of our homes
A
Due process rendered useless on the curbside of a road
E E
Hear pleas from humanity to a brute with an iron knee
[Chorus]
B F#m A E
But he was once a child too
B F#m A E
Make no mistakе, make no excuse
E F#m A E
From thе highest branch down to the roots
F#m A
Dig up the seeds we've so-own
F#m A E
Hatred has always been - homegrown
