We All Bleed Red

©2014 David Moody

Take the color of your skin and shove it
Shake off your hatred and your fear, and rise above it
Make your peace within, and learn to love it
That’s what I said

So put yourself in your victim’s shoes

Play a happy song when all you’ve got is the blues

Earn your pay, and pay your dues

Try to move ahead

I ain’t playing around

I got this damn thing down

I’m gonna paint this town with the

Sound of what I said

I ain’t your slave or your master

Ain’t like any other other bastard

Your disaster’s coming faster than you know

That’s what I said, and after all…

We all bleed red

I couldn't care less about the color of your skin

‘Cause all that really matters is the person within

If you came to steal what I rightly earned

You've got a big lesson to be learned

If you seek to pull my country apart

You never belonged here from very the start

You don’t have to believe a single word I said

But when it’s all over and done,

We all bleed red

You pushed us to the end of our rope

You promised change, and you promised hope

That was all lies, and the audacity of a dope

That we were fed

We’ve taken much more than we should take

We’ve wakin’ up mad from our own sad mistake

We’ve seen through your disguise – you’re a total fake

That’s what I said

When will you realize – we all bleed red