we flipped our finger to the king of england
stole our country from the indians
with god at our side and guns in our hands
we took it for our own
a nation dedicated to liberty
justice and equality
doesn t look that way to you
it doesn t look that way to me
the sickest joke i know
[chorus]
listen up man, i ll tell you who i am
just another stupid american
you don t wanna listen
you don t wanna understand
so finish up your drink and go home
i come from the land of ben franklin
Twain and Poe and Walt whitman
otis redding, ellington
the country that i love
but it s a land of the slaves and the ku klux klan
haymarket riot and the great depression
don t get caught in vietnam
the sickest joke i know
[chorus]
i m proud and ashamed
every fourth of july
you got to know the truth
before you say that you got pride
[solo]
[chorus]
Now the cops got tanks cause the kids got guns
shrinks pushin pills on everyone
cancer from the ocean
cancer from the sun
straight to hell we go
[chorus 2x]