What America do I live in if not this one?

and what do they think they are exporting? it's not me.

This land is my land where ever I stand

only that money belongs to thee.



The riot of history, our history of riots

and the life you've stangled out of the word 'free'

Liberty ain't an airport in Newark

and towers don't need to be free.

You drop the 'e' in equality

something nice in a high end catalogue

never sent to the likes of me.

This land is my land where ever I stand,

what god has made let no man lease.



Some of the phrases in that rhetoric you're stuttering

must mean the opposite to you than it does to me.

yeah being scared and confused i guess is a part of freedom

is that what you wanted me to get out of that speech?

Is there another America than the one I live in & why do i get their TV?

This land is my land and you should understand that when you say 'we'.



Oh say do you see

that the America you live in is not this one

and that you don't protect or represent me.

This land is my land but from where i stand outside the gated communities I can see

there is another America than the one I live in

and what they're exporting is me

this land is my land, where ever I stand

See you in the funny papers, or in the penitentiary.

this land is my land and I mean goddamn you're embarrassing me.




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