Shut Me Out

Pressure cooker about to explode
The ignorant ones are litenin' to fools
Radical factions add fuel to the fire
To satisfy their hateful desire

We as the innocent suffer the most
Paying for crimes we did not commit
Here to serve penance for history's sins
Detested for something we've never been

All their grandstands, all their big plans
Didn't change a damn thing
How could you explain
I don't know your pain
Understanding how you shut me out
Trust - is lost - we'll gain it back
Give us the chance
Look in our past and what do you see
History of violence for centuries
The truth isn't written in history's page
This is the source of frustration and rage
We have no rights to ask for your trust
To gain your acceptance we'll do what we must
We'll make a stand for whatever's right
We'll make a stand equal and tight

Shut me out don't you
Shut me out don't you
Shut me out don't you
Shut me out