This Is Not Utopia

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[Verse 1]
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Like a shot without a warning
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Lies a life that's left behind
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And though I try, it's something I
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 just can't unsee
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It's burned into my mind
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And I wake up in the morning
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News keeps flashing on my eyes
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These dying streets are bruised and 
beaten
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And riot flags are waving
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Poor and weak, we extend this streak
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These lives we could be saving
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Life is cheap I sit and weep
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'Cause there's just no mistaking


[Chorus]
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Oh, this is not utopia
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The roots, the roots, the roots 
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of America
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Are the roots, the roots, the 
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roots of hysteria
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The roots, the roots, the rules 
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don't matter anymorе
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This is not utopia
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     F#m        D          A     
The roots, the roots, the roots 
    E
of America
         F#m        D          A 
Are the roots, the roots, the 
           E
roots of hysteria
     F#m      D        A     
And you, and you, and you don't 
    E         F#m
matter anymore


[Verse 2]
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The better angels of our nature
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Well, they've gone away to hide
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Brutality I can't unsee
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These pictures are just burned 
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into my mind
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It's commotion in slow motion
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It's humanity denied
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A violent race, punch in the face
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With all this hate how can we all 
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survive?


[Pre-Chorus]
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And if a change is coming
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What makes it take so long?
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And if a change is coming
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Why sing the same old song?


[Chorus]
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This is not utopia
     F#m        D          A     
The roots, the roots, the roots 
    E
of America
         F#m        D          A 
Are the roots, the roots, the 
           E
roots of hysteria
     F#m        D          A 
The roots, the roots, the rules 
          E         F#m
don't matter anymorе
  F#m
This is not utopia
     F#m        D          A     
The roots, the roots, the roots 
    E
of America
         F#m        D          A 
Are the roots, the roots, the 
           E
roots of hysteria
     F#m      D        A     
And you, and you, and you don't 
    E         F#m
matter anymore


[Post-Chorus]
  F#m
This is not utopia
     F#m        D          A     
The roots, the roots, the roots 
    E
of America
         F#m        D          A 
Are the roots, the roots, the 
           E
roots of hysteria
     F#m      D        A     
And you, and you, and you don't 
    E         F#m
matter anymore
  F#m
This is not utopia


[Other]
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So how long must we wait?
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Until love conquers hate?
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And heal these hearts
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'Cause it all starts right here