America
You’ve become a wicked ale to swallow
I like my brews nice and cold
And most of all bitter
But you’re too sinister
You’re killing our brothers and sisters
You’re neglecting our cries
We must stutter
Or maybe our cries mumble
Because you don’t hear us
You forgot us
Laid us out to dry in the sun just to prune shrivel
You’ve managed to make it seem everything is in tune
Only to find out it’s only your tune
And at the same time
You’re conjuring hell’s rising
And your bag of tricks
Well
For one, you mislead
You sell misery disguised as glory
Across our borders
And they eat it up
And when they come
Chopped meat they become
We’re grazing on scraps in the meantime
While chasing our next thrill on maps
Which you track
Instead of watching our back
If I could put you in a sleeper hold
I would
Maybe you’d reset
Your credo is
Bombs, money, power
Or is it
Money, bombs, power
The American dream died long ago
Exhausted by big egos
Big pockets,
They dropped the eight ball in the side pocket
While we weren’t looking
Distraction has so much sex appeal
They raped us
Eyes wide opened
And you,
America the free, enslaved us with mental chains
And never intended on letting us be
Creating an orphanage of destitute souls
Because his motherland gave her right tit to a chosen few to suckle
And when that wasn’t enough to satiate
She gave the left
And limb by limb we’re torn
Rule by fear
Divide and conquer
What year are we in!!
Disgraceful to call home, home
When home lends no shelter
America,
We let her be
She, once a virgin
Full of promise
Full of hope
Full of all dreams come true
Now a prostitute to bulky business
No vaseline
She takes it clean as a whistle
Copyright © Sal Martinez | Year Posted 2014
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