i don't need to be a global citizen
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because i'm blessed by nationality
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i'm member of a growing populace
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we enforce our popularity
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there are things that
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seem to pull us under
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and there are things
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that drag us down
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but there's a power
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and a vital presence
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thats lurking all around
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we've got the american Jesus
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see him on the interstate
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we've got the american Jesus
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he helped build the
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president's estate
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i feel sorry
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for the earth's population
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'cuz so few
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live in the U.S.A.
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at least the foreigners
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can copy our morality
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they can visit but they cannot stay
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only precious few
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can garner the prosperity
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it makes us walk
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with renewed confidence
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we've got a place to go when we die
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and the architect resides right here
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we've got the american Jesus
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overwhelming millions every day
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(exercising his authority)
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he's the farmers barren fields
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the force the army wields
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the expession in the faces
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of the starving children
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the power of the man
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he's the fuel that drives the clan
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he's the motive and conscience
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of the murderer
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he's the preacher on t.v.
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the false sincerity
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the form letter that's written
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by the big computers
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he's the nuclear bombs
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and the kids with no moms
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and i'm fearful that
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he's inside me
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American Jesus
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