THIS LAND WAS NOT FOUND
IT WAS STOLEN AND RAPED
IT’S NOT THE LAND OF THE FREE
FREEDOM BRINGS
EXPRESSION AND CULTURE
THE REAL VOICE OF THIS LAND
HAS NOT BEEN HEARD
IT’S BEEN GAGGED
BY UNTHINKING WHITE TRADITION
THEIR BLOOD STAINS THE STREETS
WHERE OUR CITIES STAND
AS WE WATCH THEIR CULTURES DECAY
SO WE GAVE THEM A CHOICE
OF HOW TO LIVE THEIR LIFE
THAT BEING OUR WAY
OR NO WAY AT ALL
YOU’LL BELIEVE OUR RELIGION
LIVE BY OUR TRADITION
AND FORGET EVERYTHING
YOU DID IN THE PAST
LIVE BY OUR LAWS
LIVE BY OUR RULES
AND WE’LL TAKE EVERYTHING
YOU EVER HAD
NOW YOU SCREAM
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
WITH YOUR FLAG
SO HIGH AND PROUD
WHICH IS NOTHING MORE
THAN A SYMBOL OF RAPE AND HATE
THE AMERICAN DREAM IS FOR EVERYONE
EXCEPT THE TRUE PEOPLE OF THIS LAND
credits
from CHOKEHOLD Instilled,
released January 1, 2015
Originally appears on “instilled’ EP
1994, Bloodlink Records
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