Oh America! (extended Version) by Ub40
Oh, America, land of the free
Your flag is flyin' but it looks dirty to me
Oh, America, home of the brave
Anywhere you go, you're leavin' too many graves
The chest is so big but the brain is too small
The whole world's cryin' out, "Just stop the wars"
Don't care about the climate, don't care about the poor
You don't seem to care about too much at all
Oh, America, land of the free
Your flag is flyin' but it looks dirty to me
Oh, America, home of the brave
Anywhere you go, you're leavin' too many graves
You say you're with God but you wield Satan's sword
With kangaroo courts you just make up your laws
No human rights, oh, yes, we know the score
The bogey man is close, he may live next door
Oh, America, land of the free
Your flag is flyin' but it looks dirty to me
Oh, America, home of the brave
Anywhere you go, you're leavin' too many graves
When the floods came down, it showed all your old traits
Condemned your own people on the basis of race
Why leave vulnerable people in a vulnerable place?
It's a crying shame, it's a freaking disgrace
Oh, America, land of the free
Your flag is flyin' but it looks dirty to me
Oh, America, home of the brave
Anywhere you go, you're leavin' too many graves
I say the government man, them seem to get it wrong
Them seem to make a whole heap of bad decision
Time fe good Americans to stand up strong
Like friends over there we know for so long
Stand up firm, me say, stand up strong
Time fe mek a new day, we no love Babylon
Me say, stand up firm, me say, stand up strong
Time fe mek a new day, we no love Babylon
They say the military help you be a better man
But still they don't really care about the veteran
And, yeah, I did a couple years in the navy
Floating in the ocean, eating rice and the gravy
I would've never went if I could have went to college
But they were like, no money, no knowledge
We give a lot of bread to these lame institutions
But most of them teachin' us lies and not solutions
See how they rearrange the black man's contribution
And now they got the nerve to go and change the constitution
The birds can't fly, the sky is full of pollution
Earths temperature rising like the crime rate in Houston
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