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