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I Hold In My Hand

By

Kristen Lacoste

I HOLD IN MY HAND A LIGHT TO GUIDE
AMERICA SO IT CAN KEEP IT'S PRIDE
WHAT WILL HAPPEN, WHAT DO WE DO?
WE'LL DO ANYTHING FOR THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.

IN THIS TERRIBLE TIME WE FACE
ALL THE PROBLEMS WE NEED TO TRACE.
WHO IS BEHIND THESE TERRIBLE DEEDS,
STILL, AMERICAN'S SPIRIT IS GROWING LIKE WEEDS.

TO FIGURE OUT THIS HORRIBLE CRIME
WOULD BE MOST INSPIRING AT THIS TIME,
FOR WE SHALL PROVE THAT CRIME NEVER PAYS
WE WILL STAND STRONG DURING THESE DAYS.

ALL THE LIVES LOST AND YET WE SURVIVE
WE ARE A NATION, WE ARE ALIVE,
GRIEF, PAIN, AND SORROW WE FEEL
AND YET IT ALL SEEMS SO UNREAL.

I KNOW WE WILL MAKE IT
I KNOW WE WILL COPE,
WITH THE LIGHT TO GUIDE US
THIS NATION HAS HOPE

WHEN WE THINK BACK ON TROUBLES PAST
WE FIGHT HARD AND ALWAYS LAST,
IN WORLD WAR II, COUNTLESS BATTLES FOUGHT
BUT IN THE END, ONE LESSON'S TAUGHT

OUR LEADERS STAND STRONG AND WE UNITE
THEY ARE THE BRIGHT AND SHINING LIGHT.
WITH THEM TO GUIDE US ON OUR WAY,
AMERICA IS WHAT IT IS TODAY.

WHILE DICTATORS AND TERRORISTS STILL HAIL,
THE USA WILL STILL PREVAIL
AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE
AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE!

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