The Land of the Free?
America.
The land of the free, and the home of the brave.
Stolen from the Native Americans and built by the Africans
This nation was never truly free
We toted ourselves as the "land of opportunity" while taking opportunity from those that came
From slavery, to exclusion, to civil rights, opportunity is still not equal today
Mothers, brothers, sisters, and friends lost because of their color
A country where color is more important than all else
A country that'll drop bombs in the East but can't fund state schools
A country that made itself off of the backs of others
That still steps onto the backs of those same people
America may be the home of the brave
But is it truly the land of the free?
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