O say can you see by the dawns early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
America, America, our children’s blood is shed by thee
each day
our children sacrificed
on the altar of the 2nd Amendment
Uvalde - Sandy Hook - Parkland - Santa Fe
a news story
somewhere else
somebody else
not my town
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America, America, a nation that kills its own
broad stripes and bright stars
now shrouds for our future
we are neither brave nor free
Virginia Tech - Columbine - Red Lake - Randallstown
the channel changes
the bodies are buried
we all move on
not my school
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America, America, great land of apathy
politicians bicker
red and blue cast blame
while vowing to bring change
Roseburg - Saginaw - Reno - Dover, Tennessee
a mother weeps
the mayor speaks
we’ve seen it all before
not my kids
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America, America, oh say can’t you see?
our children's blood is shed by - we
OUR towns
OUR schools
OUR kids
America, America, WE ARE America