Artist: Mason Jennings
Title : United States Global Empire
Album : Birds Flying Away
Year : 2000
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Our united states of america
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Has quickly become a global empire
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Come on
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See it now for what it really is
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Power hungry with nothing much to give
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And violent, all in the name of
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Freedom, freedom is not domination
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I believe freedom has got to come from within
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Yes it does
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And without the gun
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Freedom's the ability to feel love for everyone
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The empire controls the media
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And media controls the world
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Come on
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Media is the empire's mouth
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Capitalist propaganda coming out
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And violence, all in the name of
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Freedom, freedom is not competition
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I believe freedom has got to come from within
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Yes it does
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And without the gun
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Freedom's the ability to feel love for everyone
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