We are the Masses and Co-makers of History

Y'all ever tired of being sold lies about the American dream?
Bc all that was painted on my immigrants parents faces when they got back home from work was misery 
Capitalism draining their wellbeing 
Taking advantage of their need to provide for family 

How is this land of the free
If our only options are working to the bone or starving? 
How can we find dignity 
When capitalist vampires are sucking every ounce of our energy  
To steal the value we're creating 
Our blood sweat and tears are their favorite drink 
and they are constantly thirsty 

Why do I have to work three jobs 
To afford living 
Yet the news keeps calling gen z like me lazy
Instead of blaming low pay and lack of affordable housing 

Supervisor said he couldn't be flexible with my schedule
So what he's really telling me
Is I have no say in how I get to spend my day 
But I shouldn't complain right? 
I could be back to minimum wage
When I was told to welcome harassment with a smile
My manager would pat my hat like his good girl
And when he said fetch I asked how fast
His orders were my command

Now I'm in a position that's more cushy 
Just petite boujoise things 
But I'm still leashed
Given the illusion of free speech
Yet I'm not allowed to scream from the river to the sea
Decolonization has no teeth in this settler colony 

Tired of landlords profiting off of private property
When this is Gods green earth 
Where everyone should be entitled to housing since birth 
Why do these thieves deserve a majority of my salary 
when they didn't tell me id have roaches for roommates that aren't splitting rent

Can y'all imagine how different it'd be
If people gave up their get rich quick dreams
And started building community  
To take down this capitalist system 
That's the root of all this violence and poverty 
No more reforming
Just transforming this greedy economy
And remolding culture and ideology 
To reclaim what's rightfully ours

Told if we just work harder 
We'll deserve basic necessities 
Instead of recognizing 
we are the masses and makers of history 
There's enough for everybody 
And we're getting ready to take back everything the 1% are hoarding 

Why grad students like me at umiami are unionizing
Bc the university has billions they need to stop extracting and start redistributing 
back to the laborers who keep the institution running
From graduate researchers to the janitors
Bc we're all exploited workers 
Why the 99 needs solidarity   
To stop begging for crumbs of charity from the bourgeoisie 
and start organizing, unionizing, striking, boycotting and building the unity we need 
So everyone can have full bellies
Studying revolutionary theory 
Turning our freedom dreams to praxis 
Making liberation a reality
Instead of letting capitalism kill us slowly