Red light, green light in the yard I run faster than my dad's new car Halloween last week got me some candy bars Neighbor said I made a great Captain America I'm the hometown hero, or I wanna be So I'll earn straight A's and eat my greens I'm kind to everyone I meet And I respect authority Like when my mama tells me Baby, you should stay away from unmarked vans That the stranger's inside are always dangerous men If they offer you glitter, or sweets, or their dogs Baby run back to school or find somebody's mom So I stay aware and I tell all my friends That no one should touch you without your consent Unless he's got the password Stay a sidewalk away And know about stranger danger and it isn't a game Headlights stop me on the street They came up so fast, and swept me off my feet I wonder if they know it's not still Halloween But the masks they wear are scaring me Screaming: Where's your passport, where you from? And they grab so tight, it hurts my arms Put me in their car Can't I call my mom? They don't know where I am, I was on my way home Guess my mama warned me Baby, you should stay away from unmarked vans But the strangers in this one's got a Government badge Glitter in the air now my eyes are on fire Why did school never teach me the numbers to memorize? I can't make a sound with his knee pressing down I guess bullies don't only exist on the playground The grown-up in charge told them it was okay Stranger danger's a new all-American game I think we read a book like this When kids like me hid in the attic I still don't know what they did wrong Guess I'll never learn 'cause the book is gone When did today and history blur? I thought we were supposed to love all our neighbors But mine just dragged me from my home The only one I've ever known Don't know where they took me in that unmarked van There's a bag on my head and zip ties on my hands They said they'll give us color-coded uniforms Now, where have I heard that before? Must have left the Midwest, that's the ocean, I guess All because I'm not white enough for the US 'Least that's what I heard, our POTUS say I guess stranger dangers just a power play