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Mr President Mr. President, I have some questions for youAnd I really think I deserve some answers If not because I am a citizen of our Great Nation Then because I have walked in harms way for her And because I have bleed for her in foreign lands You should know that though After all it was your father as President that sent me there And later recognized my courage and bravery in her service So I think I deserve some answer or at least to be heard Mr. President can you please explain to me Why it is that you can send young men to war To fight for freedom and liberty for others When there is a war going on in our own streets And freedom and liberty are quickly becoming myths How can we say we are free, or that we have liberty When we can’t walked down our streets without fear Or let our children play outside without worry You send young men to fight on foreign soil But you ignore the battles being waged in our streets Against poverty, against oppression, against discrimination Against a system that is failing to provide those under it a fair chance Our jails are filling with warriors, and families are being shattered And many are just giving up and seeking escape Through needles, pipes, and bottles We have a war here to fight to save our own streets And we are losing because it seems nobody cares Don’t think that I don’t understand what our young men are fighting for And know that I support and love our troops I love them in a way that only a brother in arms can I love them in a way that only those that have been where they are can As I told you already I have bleed for my our nation And step into harms way for her, and would do it again But I have to ask you when are we going to look to our own And start fighting to save our Nations heart I have to ask because I remember the names and faces Of those that didn’t make it home with me I have to ask because I still remember holding a young man as he was dying Speaking to me of his family and his home And crying for them as his life blood out on foreign soil We owe it to them, to those that have paid freedoms coast and fallen To protect what they have left behind, and not let their lose be in vain So when are we going to start to fight for what is important When are we going to start to fight for our own Mr. President can you also explain to me Why we send billions to other nations to help them build for their people But no one will invest in our neighborhoods that are falling into ruins Why is it that we will help those in foreign lands But won’t help the man that is struggling on our streets I know that we have to be good neighbors to our world community And as the greatest Nation of the world show charity But charity starts at home And even a tenth of what we give away could do so much here at home Our schools are under funded Our communities are struggling with violence and drugs Families are struggling to make it from day to day But our tax dollars go overseas Wouldn’t it be wise to deal with our problems at home Before we try to save the world I am not saying we shouldn’t be good neighbors But wouldn’t we be better ones if we were taking care of our own Wouldn’t we be able to show true charity If we saw it in our neighborhoods and our homes So when do we stop trying to pretend Taking false pride in what we give to others And start taking care of our own Mr. President I am hurting I have bleed for our Country and love her But I have watched those I love fall in the street And be swept up by the forces of the war that is raging there One of my babies is being lost in this fight right now as I question you So I would really like some answers and not lip service If you cant give them to me just because I am a citizen Then let me lay these two purple hearts and this bronze star before you They represent the price I have paid to ask these question The memories of those I fought with and whom died And the families that they left behind demand that they be asked And that they be answered Stormcrow |