I should be proud of?
Which culture is the one worthy
For me to call my own?

Can I be proud of the fact,
That my forebearers were nothing
But greedy bastards,
They killed and maimed,
To create empires in far of lands?
That the sad trade of slavery
Was the origin of the money
I now cherish and enjoy?
Can I be proud of World War One,
Or World War Two,
Where they fought for freedom,
And yet denied the freedom of others?
Is this the history for which
I can be proud?

Cna I be called a man
Who loves his history,
When mine was an orgy of killing,
The raiding and raping of other tribes.
Can I say with pride
This is where I came from,
Where witchcraft and fear and religion,
Decided the way that my forebearers lived
And who held the ultimate power?
Can I be proud of a culture,
Where the youth now denies it
And claims another as its very own?

No I don't deny they are mine,
My history, the root of my culture,
But I am not proud, in fact,
I want no part of it,
Let that history be damned.
I will take the best of each culture,
Make it part of my being,
To provide a mauch better history
For my children to call their own.