What's your alibi? What's your alibi?What you gon' do when there's blood in the, blood in the water?When there's blood in the waterWh-, wh-, when there's blood in the-Wh-, wh-, when there's blood in the water

The narrator takes on the persona of "the people," "the storm," and "the riot," representing a collective uprising against those in power.

When there's blood in the-Wh-, wh-, when there's blood in the-

I am the people, I am the stormI am the riot, I am the swarmWhen the last tree's fallen, the animal can't hideMoney won't solve it, what's your alibi?