live within their hearts
Bidding them heed darkness residing inside
The gun is their strength
Through it our is obeisance is obtained
As they rampage through this valley
Before them we stand
Trembling hearts caught
In-between chattering dental
Bladder loosened by fright
Body taut in heartless readiness
waiting for hot lead to strike
Do they not laugh?
Teeth sparkling ever thus
Behind tinted glasses they slyly cough
As hunger pushes us towards them
in servitude
They know not the gods' name
Therefore, beseech them in vain
They hearken only to their hate
That hunger that knows no sate
Their god is money
We know their oppression
Is only for this while
We hoped for death's call
Its call whispered song
For them, not us
Alas, we hoped in vain for
Fate holds back our saving rain
They knew death's name' thus
Planned all along to cheat him
did they
When their progeny return
from across the sea where they're groomed
Away from empty classrooms where
They hoped to keep us blind and doomed
While theirs seek the light
Alcoholics and addicts
Infused with ways foreign
Speaking white tongue whitely
Speaking ours strangely
If they speak at all
Our culture repulses them
Our dances bemuses them
Their roots cut off
Replanted in cities far away
To them it's said our future is given
To carry our flag, write our laws,
Fight our wars, and rule our land.
To them, for who we are
Another piece of inheritance
Our land is bequeathed
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