You weren't the one hurt the children
You weren't the one told the lies
You weren't the one who done the killing
Of boys on mopeds
Fear in their eyes
You weren't the one cheating artists
You weren't the one selling out
You weren't the one who was going to fake it
Or make it through the anguish and the doubt
And you stood upon that stage
As the crowd catcalled and booed
And you shouted out your Marley with such fierce attitude
Because war is a constant and won't ever go away
Till humans discover that we're all just the same
And now it's all this platitude and praise in your name (wake)
Though we all just stood and watched as you burned at the stake
For years there (now) on the cross and yet nothing was said
An icon and a legend now that you're dead
An icon and a legend now that you're dead
Now that you're dead
You weren't the one hurt the children
You weren't the one told the lies
But speaking out loud as a woman
Makes all the liars crave your demise