America's Broken Dream

I'm a person with a heart and soul
I'm a girl with a dream and life goal
But I've already been shot down and told
I can't have the privileges you hold
Media has already labeled me
As America's number one public enemy
And you have decided you know who I am
When you really have no way to understand
What I endure in the life I lead
With the things I've learned, and concepts I believe
But then society decides ironically in turn
To shoot me down, watch me crash and burn
When my family and I are just a modern day
Example of the old American way
Of coming to a new place and trying to survive
By grasping opportunity and building a new life
But no, certain measures have to be done
So that there isn't a single one
Left of us, to spoil your precious nation
And you begin your discrimination
Against a race you don't even know
But all that matters is that the t.v. shows
That I'm stealing your jobs, money and space
And that I should give back your rightful place
But before you shove me off as another wetback
Go look on the in Internet and learn the real facts
Immigrants contribute to this country's success
Don't you remember when the U.S. was still in progress
Your ancestors flocked to it's borders with hopes and dreams
And they worked hard to give you a chance to achieve
An education, rights, and a chance to live
Think, they did all that just to possibly give
Their decedents, in other words you and your kids
A chance to escape the old country's bull****
But now you have the nerve to tell me
That I can't have the same opportunity
You have to strip it away, from me and millions more
But there's so much you can't possibly ignore
Like the fact that shipping us all away doesn't work out
We're already apart of the United States now
So before you judge me or call me a name
Remember your ancestors would be ashamed
To know you made some else feel they're to blame
For all your mess ups, that you should claim
Oh, and remember, I'm just like you
Someone who has hopes and hardships too
Yet you think you're above me and "my kind"
But when the truth is right there, you're so blind
You continue to taunt and make rude remarks
When you really know it's wrong in your heart
If only you knew the horrors that we see
You're insignificant jokes wouldn't be so funny
You'll never know the sadness you bring
When proving that America is a broken dream