theamericandream
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We’ve come so far, yet it’s easy to see
We’re living this misleading dream
First it was this white picket fence, to designate our space
The land of the free and the home of the brave.
We come here to start new lives because our old ones are close to the grave.
In Pakistan, we lived with servants and riches.
A never ending line of bills
Needing to be paid at the end of the month
Debt is in the trash bin.
Poverty is as stifling as the Miami heat on a Summer's day.
How can I make it?
How can I go on?
Jose had a dream that he would be an educated man
Jose had a dream that he would live better than his parents
Jose had a dream that he would give back to his parents
Trust is hard to come by nowadays,
and a person can't just be free
to live their lives in peace
without the pain of another's
wrongdoings interrupting
the daily chaos of their own
