Nation

The house that stood up on the hill For all the world to see Shines the light in pearly white And sings democracy But beyond these walls of stone It’s a house divided That’s crippling our sovereignty And all that it’s provided Spreading wings above the world In hopes that we would save it But the feathers seem to never drop To those not worth enslavement Raging our self righteous war To a bell ring in the tower our leaders work a day of 4 To portray this super power Choosing which priorities Still too dark for some to see Letting genocide run ramped Like an animal in heat Maybe it reminds them Of a place some may call home Leaving all the branded In a stranded superdome Now the powerless seek power Just to join the status nations With nuclear desires So they can balance the equation Acting on an impulse We remove the King of Saddam While our lack of information is making many more Bin Laden’s Now we have more hungry Sneaking through our nations door I’d rather see our sons and daughters Sent to feed our poor Our parents are much older now Is medicare’s their friend Helping them pawn their old jewelry Trying to pay for medicine War in the name of freedom Is our slogan to defend But are we in sheep’s clothing And to whom do we pretend…