Grandson - Blood Water (audio) Instant

The narrator takes on the persona of "the people," "the storm," and "the riot," representing a collective uprising against those in power.

We'll never get free, lamb to the slaughterWhat you gon' do when there's blood in the water?The price of your greed, your son and your daughterWhat you gon' do when there's blood in the water?

It uses metaphors like a river running dry and the last tree falling to describe the point of no return for a toxic system. grandson - Blood Water (Audio)

I am the people, I am the stormI am the riot, I am the swarmWhen the last tree's fallen, the animal can't hideMoney won't solve it, what's your alibi?

Beg me for mercyAdmit you were toxicYou poisoned me just forAnother dollar in your pocketNow I am the violenceI am the sicknessWon't accept your silenceBeg me for forgiveness The narrator takes on the persona of "the

The song warns that the pursuit of profit ("Another dollar in your pocket") will eventually lead to a collapse where the consequences fall on future generations ("The price of your greed is your son and your daughter").

Look me in my eyesTell me everything's not fineOr that people ain't happyAnd the river has run dryYou thought you could go freeBut the system is done forIf you listen here closelyThere's a knock at your front door I am the people, I am the stormI

We'll never get free, lamb to the slaughterWhat you gon' do when there's blood in the water?The price of your greed is your son and your daughterWhat you gon' do when there's blood in the water?