Intruder

They call me an intruder, a looter Violent slurs inserted on my name A scapegoat for their murders They know nothing about me Except the news that they heard of Me comin to kill em In a caravan through the border Waving guns in the air Like Mad Max and they turn up To pop me like soda Aiming their Rugers But I do nothing but work Watch me lacing my boots up Utilizing my labor yet shouting hate with their crew cuts I came to this country with not even 2 bucks Took any job I could get, the ones that you were too good for Slept on the floors I moped up Had my pride all locked up It's all worth it in the end I get to feed my kin How could that be a sin, since the rest of my friends are Tied up with nooses Battered with bruises Scattered abuses Held up at gun point Just for choosing to non-violence Does that make me a villain for choosing asylum Should I let my kids die, what about my love Life, liberty & Happiness, that's what you taught us Is my life worth less cause I'm from a third world Children of a rebel God Man I am what you made me You came in to mame me Came in to rape me Came and reshaped me Destabilizing the order For a strategical border Then supplied the guns To pillage and murder Now I'm runnin away And you call me an intruder I'm reaching out for help You advertised the freedom Give me your tired and your poor That was your credence I'm tired of not eating I'm tired of going out for eggs And end up catching a beating I'm tired of not sleeping I'm tired of not dreaming I'm tired of singing hymns Man ain't nobody listening I gotta make my own way Walked for days through the desert For the American way Yet when I make it here you say You say You say Intruder intruder They smuggling the buddha They takin yo jobs by Pickin yo food up They takin your scraps and They leaving you chewed up Start kickin em out Everybody go suit up Intruder intruder They smuggling the buddha They takin yo jobs by Pickin yo food up They takin your scraps and They leaving you chewed up Start kickin em out Everybody go suit up They call me an intruder, but I came here on Visa My folks overstayed so here's where I grew up I'll write that in blood, check my pledge of allegiance I wrote on that arm Beat up Timb's, white tee on Hand on my heart Indivisible with liberty and justice for all So imagine my awe When I came to find I was not up to par Guess I gotta keep goin Not knowing what I'm out for On my way to chess club, label me an outlaw Graduate, the head of my class Top floor Better go through college fast Mop floors Working off the books to buy books and chalk boards Anxious and depression be my mental Psych ward I don't know man, Bout to go off of the deep end They treat me like a demon Like I planted the apple in the garden of Eden Then slithered back to grow up In the shadows of free men Dreamin of the day I get to wake up without screaming Bout to overdose on this American dream They accuse me of stealing Looking over my shoulder Mentality imprisoned Can't trust my own vision then What's the point of livin These feelings spring up like Mayweather As I brace for the Fall Not your average day dweller Whiskey mix with the Lysol Bout to end it all, till Barack came on the TV Gave us somethin to strive for Told me I can work and drive Got that card and I took off! Go finish school, time to prove my worth! Became Doctors, Lawyers, Artists and Business Owners To employ more people in the communities that want us Still livin in silence cause imagine If the expiration on your license Was the day you became a criminal Rewind to the line with indivisible Your teachers they taught me Your children are my friends We ate that American pie (pi) These numbers will not end I pay all my taxes, cant tell you what it meant to me Take Capital punishment, the brunt-of-it Rather than be denied my identity I'm tired of being of a pawn in your game of politics Don't insult my intelligence We can get rowdy or stay elegant But stop dangling the freedom Right in front of me Go get elected and then front on me No matter what I do, you still look at me like Me like Me like