Background: I wanted to have a simple pop pink song using the good old radio friendly 4-chord progression. Once I got the structure down the lyrics came together really quickly. I like having an upbeat sensibility to the song, while also have what I think are really powerful lyrics. I think my favorites are the second verse with the Green Day reference. It also gives me the chance to name whoever is pissing me off when we play it live (here's a hint: they usually belong to the GOP).

They took them from their homes

created people they could own

and we can never take that back

never take it back

they tore families apart

they started years of racist harm

and we can’t escape our past

can’t escape our past

you can’t erase this part of history

you can’t pretend like it’s a mystery

the fruits of your American dream

the seeds were planted back in 1619

we’ve gone from slave owners who killed 

to racists on the hill 

fuck their white supremacy

do you know your enemy?

they know that change is getting close

so they suppress the right to vote

they want Jim Crow here to stay

let’s lock these fucks away

you can’t erase this part of history

you can’t pretend like it’s a mystery

the fruits of your American dream

the seeds were planted back in 1619

the seeds were planted back in 1619

we made a deal with the devil back in 1619