They play a riff after the first line of the chorus that goes about like this

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8/10---10-8/10
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[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 it’s rut

             
hless, and don

              
’t tell me you

          
’re ruthless t

oo

[Pre-chorus]
              
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 (Riff)
             
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 t

oo

[Pre-chorus]
              
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 (Riff)
             
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

[Pre-chorus]
            
And there's bl

ood on the str

eets of Baltim

ore

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 i

  
t haunts you t

oo (Riff)
          
Ohhh it haunts

              
 me cause, the

           
ir 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


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