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

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 commit's 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 rеpresents is hidden from viеw
A substance within us equally
Vindictive and cruel
And if you get addicted to it
It'll split you in two and then a 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 unwittingly 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)