Read the lyrics for “Adjourn It” by Tom Morello featuring Serj Tankian, Roman Morello.
“Adjourn It” reads like a protest sign set to a distorted riff. The song’s central hook makes the demand clear: “Burn it, turn it, have them fucking learn it / Make them pay for their crimes, adjourn it / Never buy their racist lies, unearth it / Help our brother sisters stay, they’ve earned it.” Morello delivers his verse with a tense, spoken-word cadence, listing the forms of institutional failure that demand collective action. He begins with a reference to his cousin, a victim of police brutality who now works as a correctional officer, a choice that complicates the song’s binary of power and resistance.
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Tankian enters on the second verse with a direct address to government forces, name-checking ICE and the separation of families at the border. Roman Morello, whose fingers strike the track’s main riff, does not sing. His presence is the message: resistance has no age limit. The track ends with a fade and a final repeated “Adjourn It.” For karaoke or a singalong, the chorus is a mosh pit chant.
Produced by Serj Tankian
2026-05-29 • 3 minutes
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— LYRICS —
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Burn it, turn it
Have them fucking learn it
Make them pay for their crimes, adjourn it
Never buy their racist lies, unearth it
Help our brother sisters stay, they’ve earned it
Burn it, turn it
Have them fucking learn it
Make them pay for their crimes, adjourn it
Never buy their racist lies, unearth it
Help our brother sisters stay, they’ve earned it
[Verse 1: Tom Morello]
Tonight I’m in the spotlight
And aren’t you glad you came
There’s trouble in the heartland
And immigrants to blame
You can quit pretending
I know you feel the same
And if you’ve seen the blacklist
Then I’m sure you know my name
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Burn it, turn it
Have them fucking learn it
Make them pay for their crimes, adjourn it
Never buy their racist lies, unearth it
Help our brother sisters stay, they’ve earned it
Burn it, turn it
Have them fucking learn it
Make them pay for their crimes, adjourn it
Never buy their racist lies, unearth it
Help our brother sisters stay, they’ve earned it
[Verse 2: Tom Morello]
The senator, he prowls his turf
Marks his territory
And with a grin he lets you in
And never says he’s sorry
There’s hunters on the prowl tonight
So leave no living witness
Don’t make the same mistake I made
Just close your eyes and kiss it
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Burn it, turn it
Have them fucking learn it
Make them pay for their crimes, adjourn it
Never buy their racist lies, unearth it
Help our brother sisters stay, they’ve earned it
Burn it, turn it
Have them fucking learn it
Make them pay for their crimes, adjourn it
Never buy their racist lies, unearth it
Help our brother sisters stay, they’ve earned it