INCARCERATION NATION

A country built upon incarceration

And built upon cultural decimation

A nation built upon misery and violence

A country built on misery and genocide

Not much has changed 228 years later

We are still a country, a nation of incarceration

We are still a country, a nation of cultural genocide

When will it change?

When will we grow?

When will we learn?

There are so many different ways

With dealing with the wrongs

There are so many ways

And better ways

Of righting the wrongs

When will we care?

WHEN will we take care?

When will we nurture

WHEN will be start to nurture?

WHEN will we learn

WHEN will we learn the old ways of our First Nation

The old ways are still the today ways of our First Nation

It’s time to end being a nation of incarceration

To end the title of incarceration nation

It’s time to end genocide, the cultural genocide

That’s with us every day

It’s time to embrace

It’s a time to learn

It’s a time to learn new ways

With dealing with those who have wronged

And it’s time to right the wrongs