5 to 9
The Riot Before

Tired muscles, tired eyesnCan't sleep through this Oaxacan nightnHe's kept away from dreaming, haunted by thoughts of failingnThe family whom he shares a bednA tiny room even less breadnHe cries out to himself silentlynnI am not a mannI can't feed my childrennThis is no life for themnnSo he's out of bed with the sunrisenHe kisses his wife and kids goodbyenThen heads north to the bordernTo work, become a providernBut gathered at the country linenAre protesters all holding signsnHe can't read but translates perfectlynnI am not a mannI'm just a MexicannIllegal immigrantnnThe politicians the pundits the public debatenBut one question's lost in policynIs a man not a man if he's born outside a boundary?nStumbling through the desert alone and afraidnHe almost dies from the heatnBut he thinks of his family and that keeps him goingnHe won't stop for death least the laws of a countrynArrested is no threat when you're already living unfreennSo he works the fields from 5 to 9nPlus any job that he can findnSaves up all his money, sends it to his familynBefore he falls asleep at nightnA thousand miles from his lifenHe assuredly repeatsnnI am a humannA father a husbandnA global citizennnNot a debatable statisticnI'm not your problem economicnI'm not a threat to patrioticnThat's idioticnI am a...

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