Hello, racism, no one’s friend
You've come to fuck with U-S again
It’s a fission so creepy it stings
Sprouting from the seeds of the creeplings
And the bigotry that infected so many brains
Still remains
Because white silence is violence

In a restless dream i came to know
Narrow minds do hobble growth
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I saw an awful crime under a bridge ramp
When my ears were knifed by the blast of a police gun
That killed a son
Who knew “white silence is violence”

And in the naked light I saw
Ten million people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Hear me, “white silence is violence”

"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Racism like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
“White silence is violence”

The KKK did bow and pray
To the orange god they made
And The Times flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And The Times said, "The words of the racists
Are spoken in the city malls
And Congress halls"
And headlined “White Silence Is Violence”