Maybe I wanna break up with you

America, You’re beautiful

America, You’re cruel

You gave me everything I have now,

But you’ve taken from me too

My family, my history

You handed them the guns,

You told them for the Glory,

Of ever-lasting Sons,

The daughters just a note,

Of who they married too,

Yet the generations of

Wealth, Health, & Prosperity

Was a lie so sweet and rotten

It was stolen from the People

We sent to their graves and

Grown from the labor

Of those we stole from their homes

Those promises were Lies you never meant to keep

You feed me morsels of what ‘Could Be’

If only I tried,

Harder, Worked Longer, and Just Believe

How stupid I look, to those who know the truth

Because Turtle Island was never my place to thrive,

Yet somehow, I still love you,

But I hate your lies.

You told me what I wanted to believe,

That I was from a line of Heros

Who fought while risking lives

For Freedom! For Liberty!

That we were unafraid to be bold,

Be new and overcome all hardships.

Now I look around and realize,

In the truth of these stories,

They were never about me,

They are only half way over,

And I am just a solider,

For the enemy, the bad guy, the oppressor,

I see my role is cast, a no name pawn

In the great Lie you sold me,

The Fable of History you told me,

Meant to Perpetuate this atrocity,

Because It’s made enough to suit me

Yet I look around and see,

That while my cage is wide, and gilded,

I have no real idea of what it means to be

Truly Free

And the only ones who can teach me

Are who lost theirs so completely,

Thanks to my family tree

So America, you tried, its true

But you only tried enough for you

If I am stuck in this role you gave me,

A villain, then my only freedom

Is choosing who I will be an enemy too,

I think you should know,

America, I want to break up with you

I will not hold back for you,

Those who you hurt and oppressed,

You will hate me for it,

I never was meant to be the hero,

But I won’t ever be what you expect.