[Verse 1]
Can this be America
The home of the free
When for the first time I feel like a refugee?
Where we sought asylum, we were welcomed in
These days it's perceived as a sin

[Verse 2]
Do you remember the fall of Saigon?
The city turned red by the Viet Cong
The choices they had were to flee or believe
That's when my family had
No choice but to leave
This is the way of the Vietnamese
Where we became the new refugees

[Chorus]
(Whoa, whoa)
By raising the fences, we're lowering the bar
(Whoa, whoa)
It seems like we're traveling back to Manzanar
(Whoa, whoa)
By persecuting people just trying to be free
(Whoa, whoa)
We're stopping them from their pursuit of liberty