Why would I ever be proud

To be from a country whose hatred is so loud?

To exist next to people content with blindly following orders

Orders that lead to grave atrocities

Use of violence as the requisite to repeat our history

We live in a state of lavish politics that uphold fascists

Endless war in far-off places

Automation makes the killers faceless

Rampant chauvinistic racism pinned as manifest destiny

Conditions of mass incarceration, newly pardoned endemic

And voting won’t make these fascists go away

Brainwashed to think violence is the only way

Destruction of schools, construction of prisons

Tighten their grip, it’s death by constriction

It's a thirst for authority; desired control

Inflected talking points, dog whistle to chokehold

Why would I ever be proud

Why would I ever be proud

To be from a country whose hatred is so loud?

Reprogrammed to dehumanize, force-fed propaganda and lies