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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 © | Year Posted 2018




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