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America the beautiful

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America the beautiful; red white and blue. Red for the bloodshed of our own that continues. White for the only color that gets what is due. Blue for the uniformed who’s power is misused. 50 stars shine bright while the others are pushed away. Innocent lives taken every fucking day. And you have the gall to stand proud and say it’s the land of the free and the home of the brave? Free like a bird that’s locked up in a cage. Brave like a giant squashing children as they play. But you play like it’s ok everyday because there’s complacency. Well we’re starting to wake up, take a look - we’re not complacent, see?