Ted talks No one listens No one gives a second thought For Ted's vision But when people least expect at a mall or discotheque They'll show him some respect when everybody hits the deck Ted shouts Everybody takes notice Everyone runs for their lives Ted stays focused There's panic in the hood and the panic feels good Ted screams The whole world misses He's got a drug magazine with a hundred pounds of legal ammunition Nobody's gonna stop him There's nothing in his way Not the sheriff or the cop or the NRA Ted kills For no good reason Because he can Because he's a man Because he's good Because he's got nothing to believe in And when there's panic in the hood The panic feels good Ted whispers To his attorney The words from the chorus of a song by the rock band Journey But who knows what he believes What motivates or leads Anyone to commit these Dark and deadly deeds There's panic in the hood and the panic feels good Everybody's listening, Ted They hear the voices in your head But truly all four things you said Were loud enough to wake the dead The college students heard you speak The cheerleaders, the drugs, the geeks The history, math and science teachers Athletes running for the bleachers There's panic in the hood and the panic feels good The parents watching on the box The terrified, off-duty cops Who could not stop and deny you entry To junior high and elementary The upturned chairs, abandoned mills Pompoms on the football field From Rockaway Beach to Hoboken Everybody knows Ted's spoken There's panic in the hood and the panic feels good Thoughts and prayers, lowered flags Lights and chairs, body bags Questions about what happens next Gun controls, background checks Some things can't be solved or fixed With hashtags and reaction gifs All the teachers make a stand Try to throw his cold dead hands There's panic in the hood and the panic feels good Read about it over breakfast Or wait until the show on Netflix Or the film when Ted is talking With the boys of Edward Norton Kidding sprees and murder binos Scorseses and Tarantinos On the pay phone, from the prison On the podcast, Ted talks, listen Thanks for watching!