Let us be perfectly clear,
About what exactly this idea means,
We are discussing, of course, The American Dream,
Let’s begin with the youth of today,
If our fathers could speak to their children, what on earth would they say?
There is no sense of pride, an absence of roots,
No substance, no sense, no structure, no value,
Perhaps that we are distracted by things,
The pursuit of possession, of women, cars, and other useless things,
Obsessed with happiness, without knowing what it is,
How and where to obtain it, so they seek it in bills,
They seek it in interest, percentiles, and who’s got the most stuff,
They seek it in unobtainable physical appeal,
They obtain it through binging, purging and the skipping of meals,
They obtain it through Twitter, Instagram and the World Wide Web,
If this is the age of knowledge, why is everyone walking around brain dead?
They seek it through celebrity that they can never reach,
They seek it through fads, price tags,and hair damaged by bleach,
But for every brain dead zombie, there are those who wake up,
See the world for what it is, and they are a select few,
Those who understand America is not held together by capitalist glue,
Getting fat and getting loaded on plans that only serve to benefit you,
Shutting up the groups who have a different version of truth,
Taking all and leaving none to those who dare to differ from you,
Those who know that we were built with intelligent insight,
The people’s sovereign voice, and each individuals God bestowed right,
Innovation, dedication, and the individual truth,
Commitment to each person,
And their right to pursue any path that they choose,
Rising from the bottom all the way to the top,
Without the perks, networks, and tapes of yourself in the nude,
Walking around with your head held high,
Because even if you’re sitting in dirt, you can still get by,
You can still be strong and look up at the sky,
Bath in the sun and keep yourself in the light,
Acting and speaking however you wish,
It being no one else’s place to question why,
Turning dirt into gold at the end of each day,
Seeing diamonds in nothing,
Remaining young enough to play,
These ideas are deficient today,
We do not understand that we are being used,
We want to hide from the trouble,
the media has raised us, confused,
We don’t want to know; We want to be tucked in,
But if only we knew, every single problem stems from the problems within,
The same protectors singing us to sleep,
Are wearing masks to hide their faces and their truthful intent,
Their mission is to feed and make us puppets for greed,
We don’t want to know, so they don’t bother to inform,
That they’re robbing our minds, to make us conform,
Celebrity is closely followed while real men and women are thrown in the dust,
They aren’t famous, they aren’t rich, and they aren’t drugged up enough,
That is the world we live in, and it’s making us blind,
And in order to see you must close your eyes,
You must open your soul; you must open your mind,
Let’s talk about those who dare to think differently,
Notice all injustice, and strive each day, still, to be free,
Let’s talk about The New Age, and what it feels like to breathe,
Let’s talk about the teachers, healers and young people of liberty,
Let’s talk about passion and the path to revolution,
Let’s discuss the changing world, and the path worth pursuing,
We are the revolution, the next big change,
We are the ever-changing people, place and thing,
We are all a part of a plan,
The change the world will come to see is in our little hands,
This isn’t just a game or a clever play with words,
These aren’t just ideas and thoughts transferred onto paper,
You’re the hero because you made a move when everyone was still,
You noticed all injustice and were strong, never letting it break your will,
You are one in six billion, you are no average person,
You are one, who remembers what this idea means,
We are discussing of course, The American Dream
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