I was born orphan in a land that once was free, in a land that poured its love out on the moon,
I grew up in the shadows of your silos filled with grain, but you never helped to fill my empty spoon,
Wen I was ten, you murdered law with courtroom politics,
You learned to make a lie sound just like truth,
I am older now, and I don't fall for all your tricks,
And you lost the one advantage of my youth.

You kill a black man at midnight, just for talking to your daughter,
Then you make his wife your mistress, and you leave her without water,
And the sheet you wear upon your face is the sheet your children sleep on,
At every meal you say a prayer you don't believe, but still you keep on.

And your money says, "In God We Trust," but it's against the law to pray in school,
You say we beat the Russians to the moon, but I say you starved your children to do it.

You went far across the ocean, in a war is not your own,
While you're winning theirs, you're gonna lose the one at home,
Do you really think the only way to bring about the peace is to sacrifice your children and kill all your enemies'

Politicians all make speeches while the newsmen all take notes,
They exaggerate the issues as they shove them down our throats,
Do they really think it's up to them whether this country sinks or floats'
Well, I wonder who would lead us if none of us would vote.

And my phone is tapped and my lips are chapped from whispering through the fence,
You know every move I make...or is that just coincidence'
Well, you...you say that you can make my life just a little less like jail if I promise to make tapes and slides, send them through the mail.

Well, your money says, "In God We Trust," but it's against the law to pray in school,
You say we beat the Russians to the moon, well, I say you starved your children to do it,
You say all men are equal, all men are brothers - then why are the rich more equal than others'
Don't ask me for answers, I've only got one: that a man leaves his darkness when he follows the Son.