Is America Rebuilding the Confederacy?

You show me power, I’ll show you chains Show me profit, I’ll show you pain

Verse 1
They pulled her from her car in the middle of the street
Masked men with badges, boots on concrete
Said it was the law, said it was the way
But they looked like ghosts from another day

Hands on the wheel, eyes on the gun
History whisperin’, this ain’t done
Cuts on her skin, blood on the ground
Old songs of terror still make that sound

Chorus
Is America rebuildin’ the Confederacy?
With new uniforms and old cruelty
Different names, same old rules
Same rich men, same broken tools
Tell me now, what did we learn?
When the slave patrols return

Verse 2
They call it order, they call it peace
But peace don’t come from fear on a leash
You show me power, I’ll show you chains
Show me profit, I’ll show you pain

Once it was horses, lantern light
Now it’s armored vans in the dead of night
They say papers, they say prove
Freedom stalls when the boots start to move

Chorus
Is America rebuildin’ the Confederacy?
One stop, one shove, one “show ID”
Courts look away, money decides
Who gets protected, who gets denied
Tell me now, who still pays?
When the slave patrols walk our ways

Bridge (spoken or half-sung)
They say it’s not the past
But the past keeps breathin’
Through laws, through guns,
Through the lies we’re still believin’

Verse 3
Statues rise, the names come back
Erase the heroes, paint it white and black
They call it pride, they call it fate
But it’s fear with a different plate

Democracy don’t die all at once
It bleeds real slow while the crowd shrugs
By the time you hear the final cry
They’ll say, Don’t ask why

Final Chorus (stronger, stripped-down)
Is America rebuildin’ the Confederacy?
With terror dressed up as security
If justice bends and truth is sold
The future’s just the past retold
Hear that drum? That warning calls
When slave patrols become the law

Outro
You don’t need chains to own a land
Just silence, fear, and a heavy hand