We came over to Utopia           

But could not recognize it.

A blissful land ‘o plenty

Then thought we’d supersize it.

‘Manifest Destiny,’

We called it with no shame.

We called the natives savages

And then, their land, we claimed.

We didn’t know we didn’t know

And then assumed the right

To push aside our fellow man

And slaughter them by night.

We brought with us Smallpox and

A litt’ny of diseases.

We gave infected blankets to

The natives in deep freezes.

We made all sorts of promises

We didn’t plan to keep.

Treaties with the white people

Were like their talk, so cheap.

They even gave a bounty if you

Skinned a native’s head

Then blamed the scalping on the fuckng 

“Indians” instead!

We killed so many natives that it

Dropped the global temp.

By two degrees completely—

We exerted our footprint.

We slaughtered all the bison

Why I do not know. 

Ostensibly to starve them

All the Sioux and all the Crow.

So don’t talk superiority

You genocidal fools.

You don’t get to gloat and boast 

Or to make up the rules!

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