The Playing Field
Does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
It waves
but that flag creates shade
in my community
In the light that it craves
There's no light without the spark
An education provides
But the color of our skin can determine
how much help, if ever, arrives
Standardize what's taught from state to state
From district to district
So poor funding can't be used to descriminate
So my friends don't become convicts
kids trying to make money fast instead of smart
because the land of the brave and the home of the free
doesn't offer the same start it does to you
as it does to me