[Intro]
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Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?
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Do you know about the government?
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Can you tell me about the Constitution?
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Hey, learn about the U.S.A.
[Verse 1]
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In 1787 I'm told
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Our founding fathers did agree
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To write a list of principles
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For keepin' people free.
[Pre-Chorus]
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The U.S.A. was just startin' out.
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A whole brand-new country.
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And so our people spelled it out
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The things that we should be.
[Talky-Bit 1]
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And they put those principles down on paper
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and called it the Constitution, and it's been
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helping us run our country ever since then.
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The first part of the Constitution is called the
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preamble and tells what those founding
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fathers set out to do.
[Chorus]
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We the people,
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In order to form a more perfect union,
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Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
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Provide for the common defense,
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Promote the general welfare and
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Secure the blessings of liberty
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To ourselves and our posterity
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Do ordain and establish this Constitution for
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the United States of America.
[Verse 2]
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In 1787 I'm told
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Our founding fathers all sat down
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And wrote a list of principles
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That's known the world around.
[Pre-Chorus]
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The U.S.A. was just starting out
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A whole brand-new country.
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And so our people spelled it out
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They wanted a land of liberty.
[Talky Bit 2]
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And the Preamble goes like this:
[Chorus]
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We the people,
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In order to form a more perfect union,
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Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
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Provide for the common defense,
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Promote the general welfare and
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Secure the blessings of liberty
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To ourselves and our posterity
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Do ordain and establish this Constitution for
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the United States of America.
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For the United States of America...