Sweep Your Own Snow

The world is on fire
And there is no sign of rain
Beaten and terrorized
Resilience is towards my pain
It seems that we’re always escaping from somewhere
And if that’s so
Will we ever be home

Othered and bullied
Mastering the stiff upper lip
They make us apply
Then deny us our membership
Move out of the way
Go back to your country
I thought this was my country

Show shame
Small heart
Be careful
Live cautiously
Thesе are the words that my mother еngrained in me

Sweep your own snow
You must sweep your own snow
If there’s no solution then there isn’t a problem
Sweep your own snow
Don’t offer up more than you owe
Just worry about you
And sweep your own snow

It keeps getting worse and there is no end in sight
It’s yet one more war that we never wanted to fight
We came here in search of a life, a future
For the promise that is America

Show shame
Small heart
Be careful
Live cautiously
But what if that isn’t the person I want to be

Sweep your own snow
You must sweep your own snow
You can’t be consumed by the struggles of others
Sweep your own snow
You’re safer just laying low
So stay in my yard
And sweep your own snow

The victims of misogny
Now sprinkled with white supremacy
Sadly the perfect recipe
For turning us into the enemy
Blamed for the virus
Blamed for the ruin
Blamed for the anguish
Blamed attacked and now
Enough
It’s enough

Maybe by seeing you swallow so much
I was able to find my own voice
Huh huh ah

Sweep my own snow
I can’t just sweep my own snow
I will sweep and I’ll push and I’ll fight to honor my mother
Sweep my own snow
I finally learned to say no

For the women came before
And the women who are next
I don’t have a choice
This is my snow
Huh huh