Riot Switch

You told me calm down every time my hands shook from the shove you just gave
Told me “be grateful you even got a spot” while you bent my back like it belonged in a shallow grave
You sat on my chest with a grin while I gasped through teeth and called it debate
Every protest I tried to spit turned into another reason for you to escalate.
You loved to chant that I was over the line when I asked you to stop grinding my face into your track
Loved to throw “crazy” on every bruise I pointed at
then blame me when I snapped back

You strutted through the crowd taking credit for peace that only held because I swallowed rage
Now I am done swallowing
and the gate just broke off the cage.
You kept hitting the mute on my side of the fight
Finger on the switch all day and night
You thought I would never reach the board
Now feel the cord.

Riot switch flipped
every quiet kid in the corner just snapped awake
If I burn out in this brawl I am dragging you into every break
You stomped on my head till I learned where the wires run in this room
Pull one plug and your glory drops into the void.

I do not need fists to wreck you
I know every socket your power feeds
Every backroom deal, every stash
every back alley where your respect bleeds
You made me your tech, your fixer
your janitor in the dark
I can put this whole structure out with one spark.

You wanted control, you get collapse
You wanted a throne, you get gaps
You wanted my neck under your boot for life
You get this knife, Made out of facts.
Riot switch flipped
every quiet kid in the corner just snapped awake
If I burn out in this brawl I am dragging you into every break

You stomped on my head till I learned where the wires run in this room
Pull one plug and your glory drops into the void.
You kept reaching for the off button on my sound
Now all your pretty little circuits Hit the ground.