[Intro]
      
      

[Verse 1]
          
Kids get high 

             
in the basemen

     
t sometimes
          
And tell thems

             
elves not to w

     
atch the scree

ns
             
It’s the blood

             
 that haunts m

           
e, I can’t fal

  
l asleep
             
Cause its ruth

             
less, and don’

              
t tell me you’

         
re ruthless to

o

[Bridge]

When there is 

blood on the s

treets of Balt

imore
             
Kids are getti

              
ng ready for a

       
 long war

Maybe I was bo

rn in the wron

g skin

But those shee

p are rolling 

in the mud aga

in

[Chorus]
            
Ohhh it haunts

              
 me, tell me i

            
t haunts you t

     
oo
             
You cut it up,

              
 you cut it up

              
, but it’s sti

             
ll the red whi

              
te and the blu

   
e
             
You cut it up,

              
 you cut it up

              
, but it’s sti

             
ll the red whi

              
te and the blu

   
e

[Verse 2]
             
Wasted, in the

         
 tangles of ti

me
            
And my baby is

              
 she the only 

           
one left when 

       
it’s dire?
             
She said a cha

             
nge is gonna c

           
ome, but it’s 

     
all on us
             
Cause it’s rut

             
hless and don’

              
t tell me you’

         
re ruthless to

o

[Bridge]

When there is 

blood on the s

treets of Balt

imore

Kids are getti

ng ready for a

 long war

Maybe I was bo

rn in the wron

g skin

But those shee

p are rolling 

in the mud aga

in

[Chorus]
            
Ohhh it haunts

              
 me, tell me i

            
t haunts you t

   
oo
             
You cut it up,

              
 you cut it up

              
, but it’s sti

             
ll the red whi

              
te and the blu

  
e
             
You cut it up,

              
 you cut it up

              
, but it’s sti

        
ll the red whi

te and the blu

e

[Bridge]

When there is 

blood on the s

treets of Balt

imore
              
Kids are getti

              
ng ready for a

       
 long war

Maybe I was bo

rn in the wron

g skin

But those shee

p are rolling 

in the mud aga

in

[Chorus 2]
            
Ohhh it haunts

     
 me, 
          
tell me it hau

nts you too
            
Ohhh it haunts

              
 me cause thei

             
r freedom was 

             
paid in blood
              
You cut it up,

              
 you cut it up

              
, but it’s sti

             
ll the red whi

              
te and the blu

   
e  
              
You cut it up,

              
 you cut it up

              
, but it’s sti

       
ll the red whi

te and the blu

e

[Outro]