Title: A Fish Starts Rotting From Its Head BPM / Pace: 85–90 BPM (Heavy Boom-Bap) (Verse 1) Twenty years up on the wall Twenty years to watch us fall Three short months before the vote Now they try to clear their throat Gangs run all the rental flats Ministers in tailor suits and hats Local councils play the game National leaders do the same President takes his cut in gold While the streets are bought and sold Strip the "Police" right off the name Take the "Law" out of the shame (Chorus) A fish starts rotting from its head They count votes, we count the dead Top-down rot, the state in decline Dirty money lining up the line Yeah, the rot starts high up top Tell me when the blood will stop (Verse 2) Pay the tax or lose your life Walking through the gun and knife President smiles up on the screen Washing cash so neat and clean Tenders signed with dirty pens Safety lost inside the dens City points to national power People dying by the hour Fear keeps people quiet, blind Leave the neighborhood behind Complicit streets with dirty palms Selling out for quick alarms (Bridge) No protection, no control Politricks will take your soul Top to bottom, total decay Stealing every peaceful day (Chorus) A fish starts rotting from its head They count votes, we count the dead Top-down rot, the state in decline Dirty money lining up the line Yeah, the rot starts high up top Tell me when the blood will stop (Outro) President plays, the mayor acts We just suffer from the facts Rot at the head... Rot at the base. No more cover for this place.
