Red, white, blue Is getting harder to claim 'Cause of you And your version of great Get's worse by the day In the words of Marvin What is going on? Got kids locked up in cages Innocence is gone Serving twenty years For brown skin and a bong Don't you think some things wrong? The American dream Oh! What does it mean? Is it just me Who can't tell? Are we supposed to be proud? And just not too loud While we're all living in hell No! I don't fell as free as you say I am Pretty soon we'll all be damned Chasing after something make believe The American dream It's not what seems Ooh, ooh It's not what it seems It's not what it seems Oooh It's not what it seems Oooh It's not what it seems Da, da, da, da, da, da Ooh It's not what Now is the time To scream as loud as you can Raise ur sings Look them in the eyes Let's make them listen and then Let's put this to an end 'Cause I pray for our daughters That they'll be safe starters And when the world starts Hitting know they'll now to hit back harder It seems so God damn simple For treat people like people Is it to much to ask to be Mother fucker equal? The American dream Oh!, what does it mean? 'Cause it sure as hell ain't this We put all our pride In the stars and the stripes Yet we all know what we did I don't fell as free as you say I am It's clear You don't give a damn Preaching what you want us to believe The American dream It's not what seems Some people dream they don't get stopped Some people dream that one day they gon make it to the top Some people dream to get a little more than what they got Some people dream Some people dream of walking home alone Some people dream of strapping on a badge a gun Some people dream they could talk So they don't have to run Some people dream Some people dream of sleeping safe at night Some people dream the answer didn't mean we had to fight But some people dream of not having to beg for civil rights Some people dream Some people Some people dream