What Is Greatness?
You sailed the seven seas
To escape a life of tyranny
Your country wouldn't allow you to practice your religion
So you made one huge decision
Scatter to newfoundland
And become a new man
You pillaged, raped, and colonized
But only saw great honor in your eyes
African chattel slavery kept the economy booming
Until the north decided the industrial era was looming
Newly freed slaves headed west
To strike gold and hope for the best
Then came Angel Island where the Chinese came to work
Immigration officers continuously lurked
We spent all of the 1900s fighting for basic civil rights
But it seemed that whites were able to be in the spotlight
Fast forward to know and nothing much has changed
The tensions in America are even more estranged
So if America is so great
Why has nothing changed to this date?