in america youre born with a silver spoon or in the back of the bus by the light of the moon and when you die they say itll all be changing soon and youll be free youll be free youll be free it was two hundred years of war that lit that freedom torch went from southhampton fields up to the white house porch and theyre still shooting all the kids for trying to break that yoke how can you breathe how can you breathe how can you breathe they gave a fortune away to some wall street bank like a treasure was sunk on a ship already sank and theyre still standing on the deck trying to get us to walk the plank while theyre lost at sea lost at sea lost at sea but i ain t never had more than ten dollars to my name and ive been told my whole life boy you got to hide your shame for being born like a match set afire by the flame but i will burn free i will burn free i will burn free when i look all around me i wonder where theyve gone all the people that i loved reduced to memories in a song i can hear them trying to remind me just remember right from wrong because we fought for thee we fought for thee we fought for thee but i see hatred in the eyes of all these people running scared like the worlds been taken by someone who finally dared to just stand up and say were staying were not going anywhere and we will be free we will be free we will be free in america youre born with a silver spoon or in the back of the bus by the light of the moon and when you die they say itll all be changing soon and youll be free youll be free youll be free so i wonder which was the lie the past in its glory or the promise of a future you and i may never see cause the reasons i ve been given sound like bullshit to me well wait and see wait and see wait and see now america i know im not your favorite son but i did my time and im not hurting anyone im just tired of living at the point of a gun when will you see when will you see when will you see when you say were free you dont mean me you dont mean me