“America the Lie” by Kevin Rashid Johnson.
Everything in America is inverted,
Every ideal it professes, perverted.
Take, for example, the name ‘Department of Defense,’
Which makes absolutely no sense.
Its only role, invasions
And infiltration of weaker nations.
And the Department of Justice
Targets Just Us,
The poor, powerless and people of color.
What protects those wealthy others
Who commit the real crimes
And undermine
World peace and stability
Because they have the ability
In exercising, killing and robbing multitudes,
But few realize it,
Because the system shields
The power they wield
Through corporate monopolies,
But call it a free market society,
Promoting deporting huge portions
Of marginalized groups
While opposing abortions
And birth control,
Assuming the role of policing women’s bodies
While claiming it’s a free society.
And the lie of an economy that trickles down
But grinds the poor workers into the ground
While the rich few are exempt from taxation
And drive up the cost of living with inflation,
With the cops who swear to serve and protect us,
But only kill, maim, and disrespect us.
Everything about America is inverted.
Every value it claims to uphold perverted.
WIth euphemisms its rulers disguise,
A society sustained by lies,
Like the claim ‘land of the free and home of the brave’
Was steeped in racism and built by slaves.
This is Kevin Rashid Johnson coming to you from within America’s Gulag Archipelago. Dare to struggle, dare to win, all power to the people.
These commentaries are recorded by Prison Radio.
