Where The Free Is
Home is where the free is
Where you don’t have to worry about if your children are behaving in gym
Where you don’t have to worry if they’re learning something in Mrs. Smiths class or not
Where your children don’t have to be afraid of the next rich white lady, grabbing her children in fear of you
Where you don’t have to worry if Billy is bullying Billy, about the clothes he has on
But where you can smile sadly and watch your children cry as they go to college
Home is where the free is
Where you don’t have to worry about the next $100 due on your light bill
Where you don’t have to worry what food will go with the only cup of water you have
Where you don’t have to worry about having nightmares on the rough, black couch you sleep on
Where you don’t have to worry about red and blue lights outside your window, because you already know who it is…your uncle
But where you can smile and know your grandmother lived til 93
Home is where the free is
Where you don’t have to worry about your closest fam, being killed by ‘accident’
Where you don’t have to see your uncle’s face on FOX News, subtitled wanted for rape
Where you don’t fell threatened just by the area you live in
Where you don’t worry for your cousin, because you know how bad she wants a baby, but yet still lives with her mother
But yet still smile, because hey we're family
Home is where the free is
Where blacks aren’t discriminating whites
Where whites aren’t discriminating Mexicans
Where Mexicans aren’t discriminating Native Americans
Where Native Americans aren’t discriminating Indians
Oh, I forgot this is my sweet, innocent America
But smile and notice we all bleed the same dark red blood.
Home is where the free is
Where you don’t have to worry about the dude walking behind you at night
Where you don’t feel sad because you see a woman standing with her child with a sign that reads, “Help im pregnant and my “lover” threw me on the street.
Where you don’t realize the government is creating diseases, causing terrorism, critics of everything…still stating were land of the free
But you cant smile because we yet aren’t free
Home is where I live
America, you are my horrible home
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