Systematic Oppression

You don't see anything,

But red, white, and blue.

And when those who are hurting tell you you're wrong,

You wrap that flag

Around your head

And sing the national anthem

Because reciting,

Is easier than thinking,

Easier than seeing,

Easier than hearing.

You don't care.

It's not your father,

Your brother,

Your family.

It's them.

They.

Not us.

You're too good for it.

You support America.

You support the veterans.

But when America and the veterans show you otherwise,

You turn to the president.

Because he's trust worthy, right?

(Wrong.)

It's happened for forever-

The pyramid white at the top-

(You said it was sun-bleached)

But really, you built it that way.

Because you had the resources.

You had the opportunities.

You didn't have a power group oppressing your every step, breath, and heartbeat.

Yet when we called you out,

You told us we were irrational.

That we had no proof.

Fed by the media to think a certain way.

But when every fact, every account, person who's witnessed this tells you otherwise,

We're just not makin' it great.

We're just fake, insignificant.

We told you we couldn't breathe.

Yet still you suffocated our thoughts.

After all, when you build yourself at the top,

Why would you help anyone at the bottom?