We Insist Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I don't have to tell you things are bad,
everybody knows things are bad.
It's a depression.
Everybody's out of work,
or scared of losing their job.
Banks are [Ab5]going bust,
[G]shopkeepers keep a gun
under [C]the counter.
Punks are [G]running wild in
the street
[Ab]and there's nobody [G]anywhere
who seems to know what
to do
and there's no [C]end to it.
We in[G]sist that you listen to this [Ab5]wisdom in [G]rhythm,
in vision.
A system from anarchy and [C]prison,
[G]few wise men.
New [Ab5]age politici[G]ans with
promises and policies,
a clear vis[C]ion.
A [G]shared and common goal,
[Ab5]a feared de[G]cision
To cast off such differences
as race and reli[C]gion
No more [G]opting to be pigeonholed,
[Ab5]an option to res[G]ist the cold
[C]You[Ab] should try to open[C] up your min[E]d
No, [B]we insist
[G]We [Ab5]all try bu[Ab]t we're sickene[C]d by the lies
[E]Yo, we [B]insist
[G]It'[Ab5]s high[Ab] time to live[C], not just survive
[E]Yeah, we [B]insist
[B5]Just[Ab5] know [Ab]that life [C]is just a ride
[E]That we [G]ins[Ab5]ist[G]
[C][G][Ab5][G]
[C]An [G]option to resist the cold,
[Ab5]the cold hand o[G]f the elite
that constantly [C]lead us
Time [G]to bite the hand that
[Ab5]barely feed[G]s us
They wrote the book and
that's how [C]they read us
They [G]cut us deep and they
[Ab5]slowly bleed [G]us
They pounce when you're down
like [C]or ca bottom feeders
As we [G]leave the age of Pisces,
[Ab5]say goodbye to Je[G] sus
See we need religions
less than religions [C5]need us
[Ab]You should strive to o[C]pen up your [E]mind,
know who it [G]says
[Ab]We all try, but we're si[C]ck of buying lies
[E]Yeah, we [B]insist
[C]It'[Ab]s high time to liv[C]e, not just survive
[E]Yeah, we [B]insist
[G]Jus[Ab]t know that this lif[C]e is just a rid[E]e
Yeah, [B]we in[G]sist[Ab5][Ab][B]
[C]I don't want you to protest,
[G#]I don't wa[F#5]nt you to riot
[G#5]But I wouldn't know what to tell yo[B]u to write
I don't know [C]what to do [C5]about
the depres[D#]sion
And the in[C#]flation
and [G#5]the crime in the streets
[B]All I know is that first,
[C]you've got to get mad[C5]
[F#]You've [Ab]got to say, [Ab5]I'm a huma[B]n being
God dam[C]n it!
My [Eb]life has [Db]value![Ab5][C][G]
[E][C][G][Ab5]
[G][C][G][Ab5]
[G]
[C]Tim[G]e to take back the
[Ab5]means of pro[G]duction
Do as instructed, [C]it's your function
The [G]very reason you were [Ab5]first induc[G]ted
Into the fold, hold [C]up, this is touching
[G]Much of us trust too [Ab5]much,
it's our [G]failing
Stuck in this hashtag,
there's [C]no place in
And we get [G]smashed on the rocks
till there's [Ab5]none remaini[G]ng
We pay the price
for the lives [Cb]that they're claim[Cm]ing
[Ab]You should try to [C]open up your mind
[E]No, we insist
[C]We [Ab]all try but we're sick [C]of by the lies
[E]Yeah, we [Cb]insist
[C]It'[Ab]s high time to liv[C]e not just survive
[E]Yeah, we insist
[G]Jus[Ab]t know that this lif[C]e is just a ride
[E]So we [Cb]insist