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Tucker08087

Tucker08087's Journal
Tucker08087's Journal
July 16, 2020

Burn It (from Trump poetry)

This was written as lyrics, so it’s repetitive....

Burn It

There’s change in the air
There’s blood on the streets
We’re drawing the lines
We’re up on our feet
It comes down to now
It’s wrong or it’s right
We’re standing our ground
We’re ready to fight

Burn it, Brother
Burn it down
Turn it, Sister
Turn it around
The future’s here
It’s the past again
Burn it down
So we can rise again

We worship false gods
And choose money over souls
We count as worthless
The sick, the homeless and the old
We’ve shielded ours eyes
Away from decency and light
Now we’ve awakened
To find a terminal night

Burn it, Brother
Burn it down
Turn it, Sister
Turn it around
The future’s here
It’s the past again
Burn it down
So we can rise again

There’s change in the air
There’s blood on the streets
We lift our voices
We’re up on our feet
This is our moment
It’s wrong or it’s right
This is our future
We’re ready to fight

Burn it, Brother
Burn it down
Turn it, Sister
Turn it around
The future’s here
It’s the past again
Burn it down
So we can rise again

July 16, 2020

Enough (From Trump collection)

ENOUGH

The flames of fire from yesterday
Burns my face with shame
We’d pretended that things were different
Deep-down they were the same.

Black rock below our feet
Our marching footsteps like a roar
This time we cannot allow
Things to go on as before

So we rise up and stand together
We need to end this forever
It’s been said
We all bleed red
Enough

Hating people for no sin
But the color of their skin
Is a cancer on society
That will eat us from within

Destruction swirling all around
So dangerous I want to leave
But I can’t unsee what I’ve seen
We heard him saying, “I can’t breathe.”

So we rise up and stand together
We need to end this forever
It’s been said
We all bleed red
Enough

July 16, 2020

Poetry in The Time of Trump

We wrap ourselves in Stars and Stripes
And hide behind God’s might
Proclaim false persecution and
Pretend we’ve lost our rights

Humanity and Justice
Are left bleeding in the street
Equality stands silently
While brotherhood just weeps

I’m on my knees
I’m begging please
Can you forgive us for our sin
I pray for you
To guide us through
This nightmare that we’re in.

Those who walked before us cry
The man who had a dream
We parrot back the words he said
But don’t know what they mean

Oh my Lord
Forgive us for
This ugly thing
That we’ve become
We turned our hearts
Toward the dark
Instead of toward the Son

I’m on my knees
I’m begging please
Can you forgive us for our sin
I pray for you
To guide us through
This nightmare that we’re in.

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