America, You've Become a Stranger

America, you've become a stranger to me

I thought I knew you but I was mistaken

Liberty and justice are now forsaken

America, you've become a danger to me

Belligerent children pulling away from reason

To follow a tyrant who's guilty of treason

America, you've become an embarrassment to me

Viewed by the world as a pathetic joke

Forgetting the words that our forefathers spoke

Entitled and spoiled, ignorant and vain

Believing a liar who loves hatred and pain

United no longer, just a left and a right

An abyss in between, devoid of all light

Again you ignore all that history has taught

To follow a man that billionaires bought

My heart is broken, my hope is dim

America, I long to find you again

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How about now? Now can we have justice?

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Hindsight 2020

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