From the recording Not in Our America - Free Download MP3
original music to inspire compassion, encourage civic engagement, and support nonprofit organizations working to protect human dignity, advance due process, and provide legal and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families affected by immigration enforcement.
Lyrics
They’re breaking down doors
Smashing in cars
Snatching the children
Right from our feet
They’re marching thru town
Looking for anyone
A general suspect
To grab off in a sweep
They hide behind masks
Concealing identities
To shroud their personas
From you and me
They spray you with chemicals
Beat down the innocent
Brandishing guns
Right in our streets
Not in our America
The land of opportunity
You are lost to me
Not in our America
The homeless tempest
The land of broken dreams
They murder our citizens
In the broad daylight
Look at the videos
Textbook obscene
You’d think it ridiculous
Such an injustice
And that’s the picture
They lay at our feet
Politics talk
About the solutions
But the poor victims
Are dead as we speak
And the transgressors
Claim they are innocent
They want protection
From public belief
Not in our America
The land of opportunity
You are lost to me
Not in our America
The homeless tempest
The land of broken dreams
Mothers and fathers
Cry for their children
Sleeping in cages
Cold and afraid
Separation
Guilt before innocence
Taken from courtrooms
Justice betrayed
They seek asylum
But never see justice
Sent to the lock up
Dashed hopes and dreams
This what happens
To the lives of these victims
Stolen due process
Mindless machines
Not in our America
The land of opportunity
You are lost to me
Not in our America
The homeless tempest
The land of broken dreams
Not in our America
The land of opportunity
You are lost to me
Not in our America
The homeless tempest
The land of broken dreams