Democracy - Matt Sedillo

[Larry Robinson]

Democracy
 

If a tree falls in the forest 
And no one is there to hear it 
Does it make a sound 
If a ballot falls in a box 
And no one knows
What they are voting for 
Does it really count
What happens to a dream deferred
To justice deterred 
To life 
When it becomes impossible to live it 
I don't want to know 
Because I want more than a vote
I want to be a participant 
See
I want to live in a free country 
A democracy 
Where hate speech 
Doesn't pass for freedom 
Where 
No one has to turn to crime 
To feed their children 
If you were to put 
A measure on a ballot 
I would vote for democracy
I want the same things as anyone 
And i want them for everyone
I want to live in a free country 
A democracy 
Not with over two million
Locked in cages 
Or millions more 
Pushed into the street
Where as Ferguson shows
You cant even surrender 
To police 
One nation 
Under ghetto birds
And terror copters 
Locking down children 
At the border 
Cutting off 
Families 
From their water
While cutting lunch programs
To drop bombs on Iraq
I dont want to live like that 
I want to live in a free country 
A democracy 
What happens to a dream deferred
To justice deterred
To life 
When it becomes impossible 
To live it 
If you dont know who you are 
You can never know your power 
You dont know who you are 
But you will soon find out 
Let your voice be heard
And may it finally count  

	- Matt Sedillo
 
 

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