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
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/merican-lyrics-descendents.html ]
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]
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