When it comes to our government and its doctrine, people are silenced like birds in cages

They want to be voluble and to speak their mind, but their words are made unavailing

They’re here commiserating in silence and are automatically disengaged

They can’t savor their life; can’t live in peace and are forced to sit around neutralized

Cowering in fear and not having the same rights as everyone

People of color being stunned and their heads held at the end of a gun

A government so rudimentary that it appeals to the white man

The government just as awful as when the United States first began

The mind of the oppressed isn’t indomitable

They’re attempting to speak their mind and become voluble

Maintaining vigilance and they won’t cower

Blooming like a flower in a spring rain shower

Doing the actions required to have a voice and a little bit of power

The people of color are who become devoured

They are silenced and become the wallflower

Sitting cowered in a corner by the hour

This doctrine has been the same way for ages

When it comes to our government and its doctrine, people are silenced like birds in cages