Born in troubled water Every stroke is war They drowned the ones before us But we'll make it to shore, uh Message in this hammer Is coming down on you Message in a gun Aiming at your head Message in this hammer (message in this hammer) Coming down on you (coming down on you) Message in this gun (message in this gun) Aiming at your head (ah) You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me till nothing remains We won't take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me till nothing remains We won't take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling I have seen the future In the future you won We are being reborn To build, we must destroy (mhh) I don't want peace oh We don talk till we tire, uh I won't say please oh We fight fire with fire, uh We are the people We won't sit down and be quite Government devils (devils) All of them liars (liars) All of them liars (liars) All of them (thief) President (thief) Governor (thief) Senator (thief) Commissioner (thief) Ambassador (thief) Minister (thief) Treasurer (thief) Advisor (thief) Judge oh (thief) Army (thief) Policeman (thief) S.A.R. s oh (thief) Inspector (thief) General (thief) All of them murderers You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me till nothing remains We won’t take it kindly, take it smiling We won’t take it kindly, take it smiling You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me till nothing remains We won’t take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling Message in a hammer Burning down the order Tearing down the walls for a new day A new breath I can feel the tide turn Let the fire pour Can't you see it's time for a new day New dawn, new dawn You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me till nothing remains We won't take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling You can beat me (thief), shoot me (thief), kill me (thief), throw me in jail (thief) You can strip me (thief), use me (thief), abuse me (thief) till nothing remains (thief) We won't take it kindly (thief), take it smiling (thief, thief, thief) We won't take it kindly (thief), take it smiling (thief, thief, thief) You can beat me, shoot me, kill me, throw me in jail You can strip me, use me, abuse me till nothing remains We won't take it kindly, take it smiling We won't take it kindly, take it smiling