Riddle for You

When light is shed on Gotham City

You'll see these streets are far from pretty

What happened when the disunfranchised want no pity

The slope we stand upon is slippery

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Calling all Gothamites, I got a riddle for you

What I'll become of justice when it has nothin' to lose?

It puts on a mask same as any criminal do

Then it commits a little violence with a righteous excuse

Have you got any guesses yet? Can I give you a clue?

This mystery isn't a what, it's a question of who

Initially it'll be an enigma to you

Until you see what the light in the sky is signalin' to

That symbol, but what it represents is hidden from view

A substich within us equally vindictive and cruel

And if you get addicted to it it'll split you in two

And then I villain, is what it turns a victim into

It can be medicine for anyone, sick of abuse

It's what the destitute denizens of this city could use

It can't be kept in custody, I'm done with this interview

Riddle me this commissioner who's questioning who?

I got a riddle for you

What's making this Knight so Dark?

I got a riddle for you

What's got a worse bite than bark?

Did your tongue get got by the cat?

Nothing to be done, but gettin' back

Riddle me this, riddle me that

What's blinder than justice, rabid as a Bat

Listen up, I got a riddle for you

What can deliver a verdict without a sliver of proof

It's not a judge or a jury, but surely will execute

It's in the dirt on your shoulder with a chip on it too

If you're a crooked politician it has business with you

It isn't part of the mafia, but it's slick in a suit

Tying it's loose ends off, nothing is slippin' the noose

And if it was to be caught it'd be by the skin of a tooth

It's always keeping a score, which I'm familiar with too

I am synonymous with it by definition, it's true

A vigilante could live off of it as if it were food

This simple singular noun, how many syllables? Two

Did you figure it out? Gonna skip to your loo?

I'll follow up with a duh to your zippity-doo

I guess underestimated just how witty were you

But I had to see for myself what this detective could do because

I got a riddle for you

What's making this Knight so Dark?

I got a riddle for you

What's got a worse bite than bark?

Did your tongue get got by the cat?

Nothing to be done, but gettin' back

Riddle me this, riddle me that

What's blinder than justice, rabid as a Bat

I got a riddle for you

What'll finish a job that the law didn't do

When you're cheated and robbed, it is given to you

To get you out of the corner that you've been driven into

It can be deadly as it festers if you're letting it stew

Becomes a poison that privilege did unwillingly brew

A dangerous intuition which if you're listening to

All of your rhyme and your reason will soon bid you adieu

Believing you are the hero is what it tricks you into

Cause when you lie to yourself enough, isn't it true

So if you think you would fit a description similar to

Then you're the answer to my riddle and I'm riddled with you

I got a riddle for you

What's making this Knight so Dark?

I got a riddle for you

What's got a worse bite than bark?

Did your tongue get got by the cat?

Nothing to be done, but gettin' back

Riddle me this, riddle me that

What's blinder than justice, rabid as a Bat

City of Gotham, please do not cry

This is not good night, it's just goodbye

(Laughing)