Awaken

Uncle Sam Goddamn — Brother Ali

Ah, the name of this song is
Uncle Sam Goddamn
It's a show tune, but the show
Ain't been written for it yet
We're gonna see if-
Tony Jerome and the band can
Maybe work this shit out for me
And straighten me out right quick
I like it so far man
Yeah
Come on, let's go

Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave
Grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred and-
Let's do this shit for real, come
On now

Smoke and mirrors, stripes and
Stars
Stolen for the cross in the name
Of God
Bloodshed, genocide, rape and fraud
Writ' into the pages of the law, good
Lord
The Cold Continent latch key child
Ran away one day and started
Acting foul
King of where the wild things are
Daddy's proud
Because the Roman Empire done
Passed it down

Imported and tortured a work
Force
And never healed the wounds or
Shook the curse off
Now the grown up Goliath nation
Holding open auditions for the part
Of David, can you feel it?
Nothing can save you, you question
The reign
You get rushed in and chained up
Fist raised but I must be insane
'Cause I can't figure a single goddamn
Way to change it

Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave
The grand imperial guard where
The dollar is sacred, and power is God
Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave
The grand imperial guard where
The dollar is sacred, and power is God

All must bow to the fat and lazy
The fuck you, obey me, and why do
They hate me? (Who me?)
Only two generations away
From the world's most despicable
Slavery trade
Pioneered so many ways to degrade a
Human being
That it can't be changed to this day
Legacy so ingrained in the way that
We think
We no longer need chains to be
Slaves

Lord it's a shameful display
The overseers even got raped
Along the way
'Cause the children can't
Escape from
The pain
And they're born with the poisonous
Hatred in their veins
Try and separate a man from his
Soul
You only strengthen him, and
Lose
Your own
But shoot that fucker if he walk
Near the throne
Remind him that this is my home
Now go on

Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave
The grand imperial guard where the
Dollar is sacred, and power is God
Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave
The grand imperial guard where the
Dollar is sacred, and power is God

Hold up, give me one right here
Hold on
You don't give money to the bums
On a corner with a sign bleeding
From their gums
Talking about you don't support
A crackhead?
What you think happens to the
Money from your taxes?

Shit, the Government's an addict
With a billion dollar a week kill
Brown people habit
And even if you ain't on the front line
When massah yell crunch time, you
Right back at it
Man look, and how you hustling
Backwards
At the end of the year, add up
What they subtracted
Three outta 12 months, your salary
Pays for that madness
Man, that's savage
What's left, get a big ass plasma
To see where they made Dan Rather
Point the damn camera
Only approved questions get
Answered
Now stand your ass up for that
National anthem

Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave
The grand imperial guard where the
Dollar is sacred, and power is God
Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief home of the slave
The grand imperial guard where the
Dollar is sacred and power is God

(You're so low)
Custom made (You're so low)
To consume the noose (You're so low)
Keep saying we're free (You're so low)
But we're all just loose (You're so low)
Keep saying we're free (You're so low)
But we're all just loose (You're so low)
Keep saying we're free (You're so low)
But we're all just loose (You're so low)
Custom made (You're so low)
To consume the noose (You're so low)
Keep saying we're free so low)
But we're all just loose (You're so low)