43.2 The Drop Radio

Privileges and Rights

by AhchWath Ty Battle

You can only have privileges on land that you don’t originally belong

You have rights when your indigenous to the land on which you roam

You can only have privileges when you are foreign to the lands

You have rights if you are the aboriginal and copper colored man

You can only have privileges when you left your homelands behind

You have rights if your from the land where the sun faithfully shines

You can only have privileges when you truly originate from elsewhere

You have rights when your blood is bonded to this lands dragon’s lair

You can only have privileges when you trace your tracks across the seas

You have rights when you are rooted to the soil, atmosphere and trees

You can only have privileges when you are that overstayed bad guest

You have rights when you are from America’s north, south, east and west

You can only have privileges if you had to conquer and sign treatise

You have rights when your ancestors had to endure senseless beatings

You can only have privileges if your history connects you to evolution

You have rights if your families had to defend themselves in revolutions

Privileges and Rights