Awakening Americans
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We watch movies of murder and we censor the breast
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Give thanks for the murders of Chris Columbus
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We kill our own and we vote for the man
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The lesser of evils and us starring in the role of victim
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I wonder how we change if we can in this land
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I wonder how many mountains we'd move if we band together
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Us priveleged Americans
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We pass our revisions onto the next generation
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We kneel to the gods of corporation
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We eat when we're full and we hord all the rest
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With our hands on remotes we say "Yes, we're the best!"
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I wonder what we'd change in this land cause we can
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Even with western centricity this rampant
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Us ugly Americans
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Tied are not my hands
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But see strangers and lineaments
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as part of me; as you
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For me this awakening Canadian
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We teach our offspring for themselves; every man
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We shrug our shoulders and create yet another "ism"
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We dissuade our young from using their imagination
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We avert our eyes from this
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Our very own manifestation
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I wonder what will change in this land, cause we can
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I wonder how many mouths we'd fill if we band together
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Us awakening Americans
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Awakening Americans (unreleased)
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| Alanis Morissette |
