We are the tired generation
Not millennials
Not snowflakes
Not you damn kids
We are tired
Tired of being told we can't or we won't
Tired of being told we're wrong
Tired of being told we're unskilled
Tired of being the hopeless while being seen as the helpless
Tired of being told we killed this industry or that product
Tired of being told we're the ruin of this country
Tired of being unheard
When it was you who failed to teach
It was you who failed to lead
It was you who failed to train
It was you who failed to care
It was you who made us helpless and hopeless
We are the inheritors of a wrecked economy, drowning in debt and in hate
We were expected to do as you did without knowing that what you did doesn't work anymore
You tell us to grow up, take a stand, fight for what we want
But when we do, you tell use to sit down, be quite, mind the status quo
Now we say the status quo doesn't work for us
You fight us, fight for how it's always been done
Instead of listening to how we want to see our future, you tell us to live in your past
You had your chance to be teachers, instead you chose to be anchors
So now we say, sit down, listen, and learn from us
You've had your future, it is time for us to have ours
We are the tired generation
And we will rise
