Change

America the Great

America the Brave

America for the rich, white, straight

America land of Immigrants, "go back to where you’re from"

America Democracy is just a front

America built on the backs of the powerless

Built on murder and blood

They say: this is the land of opportunities

I can be anyone I want

America land of innovators, dreamers, believers

America land of revolutionaries

People with nothing but the clothes on their backs

Made it to your shores

Rose up and away from the past

America, have we learned from our past?

African Americans still killed in cold blood

A mother without her son

A son without his father

A man without his life

Black tar and lead contaminating the water of those

That have suffered for much too long

America, take it or leave it, you are our home

America lots of work to do

America lots already done

America, what makes you great

What makes you brave

Are the people fighting everyday

for change 

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