You can dub me stupid

and you can tag me dumb

but when our tear soaked eyes were washed away

the truth was still as thick as it comes.

How can I be proud of a country

that trades democracy in for a fence

and six thousand cops, our nation's finest,

rob me of the little freedom I thought I had
left.

You can believe what the headlines read

and every corporate funded news anchors you see
on TV.

But the fact still remains I was there that day

to witness so many people simply wanting a say.

After all, their royal treatment and pepper spray


stripped a piece off my pay.

What are we fighting for? you ask.

We were fighting for you.

Armed with nothing but the idea

of putting people before profit and business,

the interest of the rich elite.