Ground into dirt

A gift passed down

Through generations

Human waste from Europe

Sent to a 'new world'

Your founding fathers

Believed you were scum

Wrote the laws

To hold you down

Can't afford to wait for a good deal

Can't afford the fine or legal cost

Can't afford to study

Can't afford to hold out for another dollar a day

While we fight for air

The 1% feed on the froth

Accumulation of privileges

Rolling over poverty

Riding waves of self destructive behaviour

Waves of desperation in a global under class