America is sick. Sick with a pestilence as old our nation: systemic racism. It lives in schools and ravages streets prisons filled the ill who never had opportunity to heal. Enforced by system that puts down rather than protects. begins at birth all you need different skin be treated threat. American children snuffed out of their future The people squandered Our constitution tells this wrong but truth remains constant nation built on equality freedom much it spilled blood. But doesn’t have way. Fund care incarceration Teach compassion intolerance We must escape countries spiritual crisis continues justify senseless divide