Oh, say can you see Through intellectual poverty At your suburban luxuries From slimy sea to sea You - your negative attitudes don't surprise You - you hide behind a price tag disguise You - you don't even realize That all the change we talk you deny America's youth career extermination U. s** A. No use in trying to find my generation U. s** A. Old glories, you know they make good stories But the 80's gave begun in the Amera-kingdom You - you're there to utilize You - your numbers are easy to organize You - you don't even f**ing recognize That all the change we talk you deny We're from the basement We're from underground We want to break all barriers with our sound We're sick and tired of being rejected But we're not down, ‘cause we got a direction Feel boxed in We feel boxed out Can't waste no time We got to break out I want to scream I want to shout We're fed up We've had it We're from the suburbs From the streets From the sixties You gotta move your feet We're sick and tired of being rejected But we're not down, ‘cause we got a direction Feel boxed in Feel boxed out Can't waste no time We got to break out I want to scream I want to shout We're fed up We've had it