America on fire
Gun shots in the street
Show them sign language be dead on your feet
Put your hands up and cooperate with seven shots in your face
Live the dream of the land of the free
Wake up in the home of the brave
Until you come home from war
No benefits from the VA
Cause fighting is free with the added benefits of vertigo and PTSD
Lose your family and your friends for false accusations
Be free to be randomly screened by the TSA
Be free to drink the dirty water in Flint while our politicians laugh
America’s on fire but not all of us see
The dead in the streets
The hungry and the poor
The single mothers evicted because they can’t get paid
We let these problems pass as we sleep tight with Uncle Sam and Miss Liberty
Ignoring their tears and all their screams for equality
Because all we see is the American Dream
The good life
Where we eat and drink
Where we walk in the grace of God
Because blessings come as long as we praise
That’s what we see in the light with our back turned to the dark
We ignore the scholars who can’t afford school
We call our hungry lazy as we sweep them under the street
We appropriate but refuse to cooperate
America on fire
Like were back in the forties
With no relief in sight
