Alexipharmic - American lyrics

Rich get richer and the poor stay stuck And in the big picture we all turn to dust All of us claim the system's corrupt And all of us scream "In God We Trust" Open your eyes on the American Dream Where the sun beams on the beauty between On the roots that make this whole life pristine Corner to the countryside, peasants to kings 40 some million stonewalled from health care Liberal millionaires advocating welfare Pro-life "rights" supporting capital punishment And apathetic college kids who whine about the government Rich get richer and the poor stay stuck And in the big picture we all turn to dust All of us claim the system's corrupt And all of us scream "In God We Trust" Born from the blood, sweat, and tears of immigrants And the stardust that gave us our innocence The downfall's the colossus of war Where we don't have a clue what the hell we're fighting for How many more Atefahs is it gonna take? Until we awake and realize that hate Ain't our necessary fate and take responsibility For the world we wanna create, it's not a sin to be Whatever you are - don't be a wannabe All you gotta do is be what you wanna be And bend with the shots in a land where Tarantino's Deified and s** is evil I'd rather have my kid make love for a living That's a lot better than making a living k**ing How we treat our troops' homecoming is evidence We need to go back to holding memories like elephants Rich get richer...poor stay stuck We all turn to dust...In God We Trust