This Is Not Utopia

[Intro]
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   Like a shot without a warning

[Verse 1]
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 Lies a life that's left behind
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   And though I try
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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 'cause there's just no
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mistaking
This is not utopia

[Chorus]
    F#m    D
The roots, the roots,
    A        E
the roots of America
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The roots, the roots,
    A        E
the roots of hysteria
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The roots, the roots,
    A          E          F#m
the rules don't matter anymore
This is not utopia
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The roots, the roots,
    A        E
the roots of America
    F#m    D
The roots, the roots,
    A        E
the roots of hysteria
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You and you and you don't matter anymore
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The better angels of our nature

[Verse 2]
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 Well they've gone away to hide
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   Brutality
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I can't unsee
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These pictures are just burned 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
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Punch in the face
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With all this hate how can we all 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?
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This is not utopia

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

[Outro]
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So now 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
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Right here