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9mm of Peace

V8
Philip Greenspun
03:202026-01-29 04:32
Emotional
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[Intro]
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[verse]
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He walks through Minneapolis before dawn’s release,
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Breath calm as a prayer in the half-frozen streets.
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Boots trace a path through the filthy snow,
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Where the city feels tired but still tries to grow.
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They sell fear loud on every screen,
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But he’s learned what quiet courage means.
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[chorus]
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He carries 9mm of peace, Sig Sauer held low,
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Not for the fire, just the things he can’t know.
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No thirst for the fight, no hunger for war,
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Just 52 rounds of love, nothing more.
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Yeah, 9mm of peace, let the sharp edges cease,
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And 52 rounds of love for a fragile release.
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[verse]
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He passes the empty day cares, paint fresh on the wall,
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Rooms built for laughter that never came at all.
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No scuffed little sneakers, no drawings in crayon,
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Just silence that hums where the funding was drawn.
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Paperwork perfect, the numbers all square,
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But nobody ever was really there.
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[chorus]
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He carries 9mm of peace, steady and sure,
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Sig steel on his side, but his intent stays pure.
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No anthem of violence, no glory to chase,
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Just 52 rounds of love in a hard time and place.
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Yeah, 9mm of peace, hope under his sleeve,
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And 52 rounds of love he prays he won’t need.
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[verse]
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He’s seen the signs and the shouting at ICE,
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He’s heard every argument, wrong and right.
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Knows anger’s easy, knows blame is cheap,
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But peace costs more than promises we keep.
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[chorus]
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Yeah, 9mm of peace, through the cold and the grief,
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Sig Sauer stays silent while fear finds relief.
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From the filthy snow to accounts that decease,
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From the empty day cares built on taxpayer peace.
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Yeah, 9mm of peace, let the long night decrease,
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May we all carry forward 9mm of peace.
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