Authorities!

Sworn a duty to uphold
there are many that are sold
be it for favor or green
some have trouble keeping clean

To serve and protect they make a stand
to wield power with vice in hand
to bend the rules and change the game
to fill the shoes is not the same
move the pegs and plant the smack
lock on shed now ready for mac

The badge of honor has a smudge
many lawmen holding grudge
be it race or color
be it fear or uncertainty
errors made
errors covered
make for strife in community

It's not about the man in blue
it's about all of them that rule
to have the power to bring one down
then make adjustments to the crown
the uniform is like an authority booster
that swells the head and makes a loser
of all of us that follow the plain of righteousness

There are many
don't get me wrong
that pay the piper for a song
if your honor slays you pride
and the onus weighs you down
maybe walk elsewhere to drop the stones
born again
a new profession found