Grifters

[intro]
Grifters…
(Grifters)

[Verse 1]
Why do they take what’s not their due?
Why do they cross all the lines of truth?
Why do they claim their needs are holy,
Dress up coercion as “destiny”?

[Pre-Chorus]
They say it’s leadership, but see…
Hands that grab like they’re entitled to me,
They kill candor, forget trust’s earned,
Consent ignored, no lesson learned…

[Chorus]
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Are you a grifter or a gifter?
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Do you take or ever consider?
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Can you hear me when I say no?
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Or believe silence means go?

[Verse 2]
Who knows why they fake concern or care,
Who knows why they weaponize despair,
Why they like to sell fear dressed as fate,
Then blame the crowd they agitate…

[Pre-Chorus 2]
They speak of order, law, control,
But do not know the human soul…
They push, they pull, without a pause,
Then call the fallout “natural laws”…

[Chorus]
(Grifters)
Are you a grifter or a gifter
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Truth-tearer or true listener?
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Can you dance, or just break?
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Dare to ask, or just take?

[Bridge]
Not left or right, not votes that swing,
Just how we touch another being…
Can you meet me eye to eye,
Or just share lies that justify?

[Final Chorus]
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Politics without consent’s a mask,
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Monsters that never bother to ask.
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Empathy always knows where it stands,
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With wide open hearts and open hands.

[Outro]
Grifters…
Differ…