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Not on Equal Grounds


We live in a place Filled with promises That are disgraced Where some are privileged and others oppressed While our ignorance continues This disgrace Land of equality Bull shit I say American Dream For all who try? Yeah right We can all strive but we're not on equal grounds Some of us are still discriminated Just look around Not because you're racist But because its a social construct where whites males are supreme Don't take it to personally Don't be ignorant Come in right Come in through my eyes Where people get segregated from opportunity Yes I'm white Yes I'm Female Yes I have more privileges then many of thy neighbors In other low end town Yes I feel guilt that I'm a part However it's guilt that makes a change Makes us see It's better to feel guilt Then feel nothing at all To acknowledge this injustice here in my home town Here where we were all once kids with dreams Of this so called American Dream But just Google White supremacy And you will see
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