Show Me Your Papers

He don’t ask my name, don’t care where I pray, Just looks at my skin, then looks away.

(Verse 1)
I was born under a flag I was told meant “free,”
Red, white, blue waving over me.
Now there’s a man in a mask at the side of the road,
Asking who I am and what I’m owed.

(Pre-Chorus)
He don’t ask my name, don’t care where I pray,
Just looks at my skin, then looks away.

(Chorus)
Show me your papers, show me your face,
Tell me you belong in this kind of place.
They say it’s the law, they say it’s right,
But it feels like something died here tonight.

(Verse 2)
My granddad crossed water with nothing but hope,
Worked his hands raw just to learn how to cope.
They called him a citizen, called him a man,
Now the rules keep changing, can you help me understand?

(Chorus)
Show me your papers, stand in the light,
Hands in the air just to prove you’re “right.”
They say it’s for safety, say it’s for peace,
But freedom don’t wear a badge and fleece.

(Bridge)
If this is a homeland, tell me for who,
Who gets to stay and who’s passing through?
If fear is the price of keeping control,
How much of America did we just sell?

(Final Chorus)
Show me your papers, don’t ask my name,
History whispers, “We’ve seen this game.”
If liberty’s quiet and justice pretends,
You gotta ask where the country ends.

(Outro)
Yeah, you gotta ask… where the country ends.