contradiction
America
is a contradiction.
You say we’re one,
but we all know that’s fiction.
The land of immigrants
but there’s fence at the border.
"E Pluribus Unum"
on our dollars and quarters.
Statue of Liberty
implanted in our grounds.
Yet, the government deported
Every “illegal” they found.
“Give me your tired & all your poor.
I’ll turn them away
when they come to our door.”
Stole this land from the Natives
and have them extinct.
Take away the creative
change the way that they think.
Force Africans on a boat
to come over and work.
Unpaid labor.
No, it was not a favor.
Allow the Irish to come in.
But Hispanics never win
When they come to LA
to look for work.
But they’re just disappointed
because we kick them in the dirt.
We want to be non-violent
spending our wages on war.
Still give me the huddled masses.
Give me your poor.