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America you invite the Redman
To sit at your table and be your guest.
To justify the guilt that you are feeling.
Now you tell us that you like us the best.
And the Blackman is waiting on the sidelines
For the chance to get into your game.
To show you that he’s just as good as you are.
To prove to you, that he can be the same.

And the triangle that you have created.
Keeps you by yourself, and keeps you paranoid.
For the Red, White, and Blue that you keep flying.
For the Red, White, and Black that you avoid.
‘Cause the Redman was here so long before you.
While the Blackman was the slave you brought ashore.
And the Redman was killed to free our frontier,
While the Blackman was killed for sport and nothing more.

And you wonder why the Redman won’t be like you
You should wonder why, the Black will never be.
cause you came to this land, because you wanted freedom.
But that you have forgotten... now that you are free.