The American Nightmare
Welcome to the world!!
Even though we come as infants
Needing protection
Our first order of business
Is stabbing you with this injection
We’re gonna lie to you
And say it’s for your health
But in reality this is poison
We just call it something else
Next up on the agenda
Is making your parents work more
Making them work their life away
Because let’s face it
even middle class is still poor
And then the best part
We tax and take away
half of what their making
Stay with us don’t lose us!!
This is a disaster in the making
And while their gone
They will have no choice but to place you
Into daycare or foster care
Either way the State will raise you
And it’s there that you will find
The next Step in your indoctrination
Be patient this next step takes time
But we strip you of your imagination
And tell you that you must follow the rules
Or face our indignation
But what happens here stays here
This whole plan is our creation...
After we have put you in a vulnerable situation
We prepare you for public school
Where you will be part of our
Diabolical machinations
If your lucky enough to survive
Until your graduation
We collar you into the work force
Or you join the Prison Nation.
But one step at a time!
Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves!
Next up is peer pressure!
Spend your money!
Buy it all!
You need our worthless treasure!
With the latest gear
And newest phone
You too can be accepted!
There’s no room to think for yourself
In this part of our deception
We will bend you
We will twist you
And take away any protection
Until your looking in a mirror
And hating your own reflection
That’s when the next step of this plan
Powers forward on full steam
We make you hate yourself
And lower what’s left of your self esteem
This is the American nightmare
There is no more American dream.
Money makes the world go round
None of you were created Equal
Good is now bad
And bad has become more regular
And more evil
The system we have created
Thrives on the feeling of hatred
This is your life now
And your life belongs to us
We have enslaved you for profit
Money is the god that we trust
Copyright © James West | Year Posted 2018
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