SUBURBANTS - Merica lyrics

[Verse 1] My people are starving it's war on the streets Forced to rob and k** out of necessity Freedom or d**h, they still got us mental chained Low education, poverty stricken making minimum wage What's it gonna take for us to open up our eyes So many of our babies getting caught in drive byes They profit off our style music and clothes Then portray my people as crooks and hoes Our leaders are dying out no one to carry the torch Erasing our history so the people will never know America the land of the snakes and racist laws Forcing their religions on us and their white Gods Homeless people right outside the White House They eating lobster dinners while we living in the projects That don't make you mad remember Katrina How many lives could they have saved if they would have acted a little sooner [Hook] America the land of the free when most of my people are living in poverty The American Dream is like a nightmare to me I've lost too many lives and the streets [Verse 2] They want me to believe in the American Dream When d** and poverty are all that I've seen Steady sending food and supplies overseas But what about our babies and our communities Mommy working two jobs to make ends meet Dad locked up so many kids out on the streets They got money for jails but nothing for our schools They know without an education we loose But my people don't care rolling blunts getting high They sit and complain doing nothing with their lives Babies making babies strung out on d** Steady crying out for attention and love But we ignore them and lock them in cages And wonder why there filled up with so much hatred I feel sorry for the next generation the youth They lack on education it ain't cool to be a fool [Hook] America the land of the free when most of my people are living in poverty The American Dream is like a nightmare to me I've lost too many lives and the streets [Verse 3] Political demons claiming that they for us How can they lead us when they don't understand our struggle They don't know our pain or what it's like to be black Born into poverty living from check to check That's why I don't vote no more ‘cause I don't see the point When I try to speak my mind they try to silence my voice Martin Malcolm so many lost their lives The cost you pay when you stand for what's right Huey Garvey they'll always live on Their blood runs in my veins I'll die for the cause We gotta pave the path for our babies to walk So God willing their lives won't have to be so hard My sister my niece my nephew they my heart I'll give my life for them to make a better start That's what you supposed to do for your babies But a lot of my people are very stagnant or lazy [Hook] America the land of the free when most of my people are living in poverty The American Dream is like a nightmare to me I've lost too many lives and the streets