Forged in the foundry of our nation
Quenched in a bucket of shame
The sword and scales of lady justice
Bear the brunt of the burden of blame
For the ages so carelessly wielded
Cracks appear within the fallacy
Destined to fall to pieces
Our fragile supremacy
The scales were cast in old iron
Made from 400 years of chain
With a knee on the neck of their progress
We seem oblivious to their pain
So they answer injustice with anger
Rage out against the brutality
And we double down our convictions
To guard our fragile supremacy
With the ground at the base so unstable
Cracks in the foundation soon appear
The marble crumbles from the monument
Revealing the pale face of our fear
With the blindness of justice in doubt
We extol the virtues of our indecency
As the shroud of denial falls away
We cling tight to our fragile supremacy
The monument lies now in ruin
Sword and scale set to incinerate
History will be the ultimate judge
Of a people in such a disunited state
There’s still time to recover I hope
Rebuild trust through clemency
And forge one shield of justice from
The scraps of our supremacy
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