Freedom

Freedom

Watch what you say

Don't ever say the wrong thing

Ignore the rights violations

They are for the good of the people

New ideas are crimes to be punished

They will never say that they are wrong

They will never say they are repressive

Fears of death for a criticism of them

Arrests for carrying the wrong sign

Their troops quell dissension

They never tell you what you can say

You are to figure that out for yourself

Books are censored and burned

Based on the religion of the area

Even news from another country is banned

It might tell you a truth they do not want you to know

Freedoms are an idea lost to a distant past

They were taken away to protect the people from enemies

Taken away to protect the government from the people

One thought, one word or one idea can get people thinking

Questioning the government they put in place

When did our freedoms leave?

When were they taken away?

We have to start thinking

To start to voice our opinion

Never caring what they say

Then we will have our freedoms

The ones the fathers gave to us

And they will all live in fear