I walk past tents on city blocks

While dollars fly to foreign stocks

Mama works two jobs, still broke

But we send aid while our own choke

They say we're the land of the brave

But we forget the ones we never save

How we bleed for strangers, that’s the news

But who's gonna fight for our own abused?

Ain’t feelin’ so red, white, and blue

When the streets got no rescue crew

We light fires overseas

But let our own burn, beggin’ on their knees

This flag don’t wave like it used to do

When you help the world, but not your crew

I love my land, but damn it’s tough

When being American ain’t enough

See vets sleepin’ on concrete beds

While leaders talk and nothing gets said

We got kids with no lunch at school

But send billions out like we’re swimming in jewels

Tell me where’s the line we crossed

When being kind means our people lost

They call it freedom, call it pride

But too many just barely survive

Ain’t feelin’ so red, white, and blue

When the truth gets buried in the view

We build hope in other lands

But ours is sinkin’ in the sand

This ain’t hate — it’s tough love loud

For the voices lost in this crowd

I love my land, but damn it’s rough

When being American ain’t enough

Raise the flag, but raise some hell

For the folks we left in a silent cell

Can’t buy peace with borrowed debt

And forget the ones we ain't helped yet

Ain’t feelin’ so red, white, and true

When we turn our backs on the red, white, and bruised

I stand, but I won’t stand blind

To the pain we leave behind

I still believe in what we could be

But not if we can’t set our people free

I love this place, but enough’s enough

Being American should be enough