🎵 Don’t Tread On Me 🎵
(Verse 1 — spoken-singing, sharp and direct)
U.S. streets lit by protest lights,
Minneapolis winter, frozen fights.
They said protect and they said serve,
Then rubber bullets choke our nerves.
Renée, a mom, just trying to observe,
Three shots in the snow — got the city stirred.
They said she tried to hit an ICE boot — bull-**** on the reel,
Video don’t lie — you know just how we feel.
(Chorus — detached but cutting)
Don’t tread on me, don’t tread on me,
But they came down here like stormy seas.
Don’t tread on me, don’t tread on me,
Two lives lost so the powers could breathe.
(Verse 2 — urgency builds)
Then Alex, an ICU nurse with a heart so real,
Holding up a phone, trying to calm the wheels.
They shoved him down, sprayed him hard,
Then bullets flew — oh, they hit their mark.
Federal boots on Nicollet Ave,
Two federal shootings in just one month.
They say he was armed — we saw the tape,
Wrong narrative — now we gape.
(Bridge — blunt, rhythmic)
White coats, black hoods, they patrol the street,
But justice can’t walk where lies meet heat.
Court orders and restraining walls,
Minnesota cries as another voice calls.
(Chorus — louder, more biting)
Don’t tread on me, don’t tread on me,
The snow turned red and the cameras see.
Don’t tread on me, don’t tread on me,
Truth’s in the streets — not in policy.
(Outro — echo, almost whispered)
And if they walk away like it’s routine,
Remember every name in the cold winter scene.
Don’t tread on me — don’t tread on we.