'Merican

we flipped our finger to the king of england stole our country from the indians with gaul 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 [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]