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World

Confused 

Not knowing the meaning of love 

Taken out of the running 

Don’t know right from wrong 

Democrat from republican 

Shown to be a real fool 

We saw you as something special 

It must have been your campaigns your podcasts 

We waited with baited breath

Sometimes even the innocent get hurt

We believed you had legends 

Smoke and mirrrors 

We have been taught, educated, ministered

Subtly integrated messages, content 

Conditioned, Programmed 

Late Night talk show hosts


We’ve let ourselves down 

We binged on American stories 

Smoked the American dream 

Even if just for one week 


Corrupting our minds 

In the most extreme of ways 

Growing up America was a holy grail 

Apex of intelligence 

We’ve never been able to shake this off 

Daytime television, Soapies

Way before ticktovk and insta thing 

Malcolm X Martin Luther king 

The lady who sat at the back of the bus 


We were taught everything American 

Now you ask us to be ignorant to who we are 

Our palms are sweaty with the anticipation of their dreadful politics 

Our minds are filthy in the swamp of their PR machine 

Our fingers nails are soiled with the stink of their debris 


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