Whose America? (feat. Ewuare X. Osayande)

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Jonathan Bagby

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All of us did not come here on the Mayflower
Who's America?
Some of us got here against our free will
In the hulls of cargo ships enslaved
Chained to generations of sorrow
Some of us were already here
Who's America?

All of us don't live behind white picket fences
With 2.5 children on a tree-lined suburban street
In middle America
Some of us live in row homes or high-rises
With bars on our windows locked down
In the projects and barrios of this nation
Some of us live in trailer parks
And homes hitched to hopelessness
Some of us ain't got no place to call home
Who's America?

All of us did not graduate from college
With a B.A. or M.B.A. or Ph.D
To become managers of this madness
Some of us barely got through high school
Where we passed through metal detectors in class
With outdated textbooks and computers that crash
Who now take out the trash
Clean up after the mess that you've made of this world
Who's America?

All of us are not Christians
Praying to a pale-faced male god to save us from our sins
Some of us are Muslim, Jews, and Buddhists
Some of us see God in the air, the rain, the trees
Some of us make altars to our ancestors
And light candles to their memory
Some of us believe that goodness cannot be deified
Who's America?

All of us are not heterosexuals trying to repress the rest
Some of us are gay, lesbian, or queer
Some of us refuse to be bound by fear
Who's America?

All of us are not capitalists
Seeking to privatize the entire planet
Some of us are socialists and communists
Seeking to live simply so others can simply live
Who's America?

All of us are not white
Believing this land is ours by divine right
We come in the hue of the whole of humanity
The pride in our people is more than skin vanity
We remember, as the poet once said
America never been America to me
So we are redefining what it means to be
Still fighting the revolution to form a more perfect union
Marching to the sound of Ray Charles and Jose Feliciano
Singing the national anthem
Their voices wrapping us
In the red, white and blues of our struggle here
No, you may not recognize this land when we are through
Who's America?

My country, tis of thee, from sea to shining sea
Watch us make it free

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