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[Jake Lefco]

Yo, yo

Yo welcome to the era of the war on terror

Arrogant American era, look in the mirror

Yo, yo, yo, yo

Welcome to the era of the war on terror

Arrogant America era, look in the mirror

Look ahh... yo

Yo welcome to the era of the war on terror

Arrogant America era, look in the mirror

Bush and them pushin them nearer, those cowboy tactics are backwards

Especially when the enemy's abstract

Fuck it, they could be in your backpack

I never heard a terrorist afraid to attack back

The sad fact is that it's that bad, we're losin that fast

Sacrificin lives and troops in Baghdad

Explanation is half-assed and faded

Then when the real issue is raised, they hit you with cliches

Tell you to be brave, in the eye of the storm

Stayin the course, young soldiers payin the cost

Breakin my heart, makin it hard to thank God

It's wrong, at home and abroad, losin support

Political power is nothin to die for

It's impossible to liberate a nation by force

[vocal samples]

What's happening - your mind, your spirit, your soul?

I haven't seen you sparkle in years

Because you believed in it

What do you believe in now?

"The main element here that we have to deal with

Is the fact that fear is what's driving a lot of people"

[Jake Lefco]

What kind of system sends innocent men across enemy lines

And spends billions on bombs~?

Wipes out cities, sayin civilians don't die

Same system saw a hurricane... whew

What kind of system sends innocent men across enemy lines

And spends billions on bombs~?

Wipes out cities, sayin civilians don't die

Same system saw a hurricane and didn't respond

Just a last minute notice to evacuees, pack your things

The poorest are the last to leave

Traffic jams of minivans and SUV's

And if you don't have a car, you're called a refugee

Gettin F-U-C, K-E-D by powers that be

Huggin your roof, or floatin down an empty street

Painful truth, as clear as ema{?}

Shed shame on a nation like Hiroshima, where the fuck was FEMA?

Can't believe what the media feeds us

Fear plus the blind trust in G.I. Jesus

And I can see why we just freeze up

Please, government's not gonna speak up, but we must

[vocal samples]

It's not an issue of politics, Democrat and Republican

It's an issue of experience, and being a soldier, and watching people DIE

Umm, for reasons that are at best, uhh suspect

You can't point your weapon at a person, you point it at everything