Tell me about American carnage
I wanna feel astonished
Lovesick, nostalgic
Dreamin of an Americana
that never was
Don’t wanna acknowledge
That immigration bans
And mass deportation
Won’t make us a stronger nation

I don’t have to look but three generations
To find myself some foreign relations
To my immigrant kin
I welcome you
We’ll make it through
I promise you

To my Transgender siblings too
We’re gonna take care of you
Not gonna let a bunch of pretenders
With antiquated notions
Disparage you
In the name of “independence”
I pledge you my devotion
Not gonna let up
Not gonna step back
We gotta stand up
An attack on civil rights anywhere
Is assault on justice everywhere
So we gotta dare
To normalize resistance
Engage with the process
And fucking get with this

Journalists get straight up blocked these days
And for the most part
Trump’s agenda is underway
I gotta say
I’ve seen the spectacular
Jason Chaffetz got chastised
By a ten-year-old girl
But for every dope video
There’s several other scenarios
Where un-representation
Was the word of the day
So we must not ignore this
Persistent incursion
Presumption
Disturbance
We must meet relentless
With relentless
The effects of these next few months
And years
Will resound down generations
We are awakening to the danger
We must spark awareness
And muster agency

Get at ‘em
Go out and make news
Don’t lose a moment
Because dreams of American carnage
If dreamt unchecked
Can come true