The Greedy Will Always Excel

Sat, 02/25/2017 - 15:27 -- CECEME

"Land of the free and home of the brave"

more like "Land of greed of home of great fame"

for a country that should look out for its own

its own suffers at the hands of the 3% who own

own the businesses and the say in what happens to this country and it's people

"Welcome to all"  "Melting Pot" & "Home"

free to practice any religion unless you're a muslim

free to be unless society says no

free to walk down the block unless your black

free to speak unless it's about equality

Is a country great when its people are scared of the police who are meant to protect

or is it safe when hate crimes are quietly supported by our leaders

Is a country great when we supress how we feel to avoid conflict

or is it when we elect someone who supports all things wrong with this country to begin with

It's fair to jail someone but house arrest another for the same crimes

It's fair to take more money from the poor than you do from the rich

It's fair to provide more fundings for war than you do schools in poor neighborhoods

and with money comes support 

with fame comes exception 

because unless you're somebody, you're nobody

your ideas mean diddly squat unless you throw some cash in the mix

to succeed you have to please the higher power and I don't mean Allah 

I mean the ones they tell us we get to choose

be like them and you'll do well because the greedy will always excel

This poem is about: 
My country

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