America

Don’t look away

Say what you have to say

The promise must not decay

Slavery wasn’t the end

Oppressors continued to descend

Even though they were pardoned – America, America

Do what you gotta do

You know what we’ve been through

We’ve always fought for a better you

Can’t deny our history

Give us real opportunity

Our laws should work for everybody – America, America, America, America

Racism’s not always in full view

Makes it harder to subdue

Old practices bleed through

Institutions become a foe

When they champion the status quo

Better for them to grow

The Supreme Court should do more

Privilege is still too big to fail

Thumbs on the scale prevail

Justice delayed Is justice denied

Injustice is magnified

People are nullified

Do what you gotta do

You know what we’ve been through

Still fighting for a better you

Time to be true

Time to be true

Time to be you

Time to be you!