Violence Is The Question: A Song About Guns

Dan went into Walmart with a gun He wasn't after trouble, wasn't trying to hurt no one But then some kid cut him off in Aisle 4 So Dan, he drew his gun and blew the kid's brains across the floor Grabbed himself a Snickers bar, and he walked right out the door Shayna went to Synagogue that day Said Shalom to Rabbi, she got a siddur to pray She heard somebody Heil'ing down the hall Screaming "Blood and soil" as the bullets hit the wall They blamed it all on mental health that God had missed her call But if violence ain't the answer Then it's the question of our time Is it right to have a right to take a life? Deon left his pistol in the car Didn't have a seatbelt on, but he wasn't going far The cop that pulled him over had a scare When Deon tried to tell him there's a weapon over there They caught it all on camera but the jury didn't care Violence ain't the answer But it's the question of our time Is it right to have a right to take a life? There's nowhere left to go So tell me where to draw the line When the only life that matters here is mine The one thing that we're told From all the blood we've sown Is that it's worth the price of sacrifice Just to say that we can take care of our own Gabby and her girls went out real late She didn't call her man She knew it was something he would hate He hit her twice as soon as she got home Then Gabby saw the gun there on the ground where she was thrown Now she's in a prison cell — alive, but all alone Violence ain't the answer But it's the question of our time Is it right to have a right to take a life? There's nowhere left to go So tell me where to draw the line When the only life that matters here is mine

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