tpk - American Traditions lyrics
[Intro] Yeah I'm an American and I've been watching these traditions pa** us by and all of them are bad! Yeah we may act like we're rightful and all but inside we're ignorant So it is my sworn duty.... In order to tell you about these traditions In order to open your eyes and let you know What. Goes. On... [Verse 1] In America, we have traditions galore Especially when our military is in a war... With dangerous terrorists so what do we do? Well we as a whole act like ignorant fools Pulling out our smartphones from overseas Posting a US flag saying "support our industry" Saying "d**h to ISIS" because our soldiers died Without doing research asking questions why We believe what's pushed in front of us And that's because big media gives bucks... To Web 2.0 because the employees know... That an ad for Geico brings in big dough We don't double check to make sure of the facts Because we've been trained to instinctively act On the fear, terror and empathy Of a deadly attack on an american city [Interlude 1] Yeah you know what goes on... You definitely know what goes on! But do you really know what goes on? I haven't even finished the verses on this song yet you don't know what goes on So I'm going to tell you what goes on I'm a tell you what goes on... I'm a tell you what really goes on! [Verse 2] We put pride in family and good time scenes We also put pride in pretentious things Such as claiming to be one with all-mighty god Drinking American Lager Beer and riding a hog Being against gays, disabled people and other races That's why we often stereotype places Like the countries of Italy and Mexico The former home of pizza, the latter full of sombreros We're guilty of this too, we speak with a lisp From New York to Boston to Texas; take your pick But we as a country put it to the side Because they foolishly believe in unified pride Take a look at our country, do you feel happy Especially when our social infrastructure is lacking? We may have been the best, but we've fallen behind Because our traditions haven't stood the test of time [Interlude 2] Yeah to you non believers out there I'm going to make you believe... I'm going to make you believe I'm going to go into your mind change things and make you believe Because... you should know About the lies that have happened About the traditions that you keep lacking Yeah, listen up Cause you can't stop listening We give support to other countries when in trouble But after a few months, we leave on the double Because it didn't hold our interest for long enough We just a**ume that things have gotten less rough We rebuild quick but they're still having trouble Shifting through all the pain and going through the rubble We donate money to health and foreign aid But we don't realize that Africa is being played We don't want to be seen as persons of neglect So we cancel events out of "support and respect" People want a higher calling that they themselves can believe But instead they're being s**ed into major greed America was founded on freedom and equality But bad seeds have since implemented fallacy And turn the country into some rotten stuff American Traditions we love you so much [Outro] Yeah that's my time, that's my time telling you about the american traditions I hope this has opened your ears, opened your eyes, made you not blind Made you change you mind Made you see Because you need to realize the truth is out there And what I said is the truth And you're going to go in that booth And you're going to vote for the truth Which doesn't exist so poof!