I'm an American

So where are we?
injustice is justice these days
the rich still go to the bank every tuesday
the poor still stress and fret
Wars are raging and the dead still pile up
Millionares run for office and problems remain unchanged
bankers pocket your money and you are nonethewiser
secrets held from your ears like whispers in a dark room
fed a dream that can never become reality
chasing money so we can buy shit we don't need
drowning in debt only to be pushed further under by those who lend their hand fiscally
"I have a dream" just means "fuck you whitey"
they say we are free but who knows what freedom is
changing the books behind closed doors
telling the public what the new law is when they had no vote
democracy is hypocrisy and freedom isn't free
ain't no such thing as a free lunch

So where are we?
living with our heads in the clouds
not caring whats below
endless reckless decadence
while children starve and die across the world we choose what "value meal" sounds the best
our heroes return shunned, battered and dismembered, forgotten
we care not for new laws that restrict our lives, only what celebrity forgot to wear panties
education is no longer priority
what does talent have to do with fame?
falling fast and fancy free we are the last generation with common sense
fear mongering and marketing ploys dictate our subconscious ideals
tv and magazines tell us what beauty is instead of letting us discover it for ourselves
prescription drugs fill our bathroom cabinets while we're told plants are illegal
that which does not line their pockets will be demonized
on the brink of worldwide war yet deaf dumb and blind
So where are we...