Sage Francis - Makeshift Patriot lyrics
[Sage Francis - Makeshift Patriot lyrics]
I’ve heard enough of you young fellas
Who think you know it all you know nothing
You have not seen a shot fired
And you’re waving the damn flag
Frank, what’s up man?
Watchin' some bullshit, on the news
Fuckin' bullshit reporters
Tryin' to win a fuckin' Emmy
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself via live telecast
Coming live from my own funeral
Beautiful weather offered a nice shine
Which is suitable for a full
View of a forever-altered skyline
It's times like these I freestyle
Biased opinions every other sentence
My journalistic ethics slip when I
Pass them off as objective:
"Don't gimme that ethical shit"
I've got exclusive
Explicit images to present to
Impressionable American kids
And it's time to show this world
How big our edifice is
That's exactly what they attacked when
A typically dark-skinned Disney villain
Used civilians against civilians
And charged the
Trojan horses into our buildings
Using commercial aviation as
Instruments of destruction
Pregnant women couldn't protect
Their children
Wheelchairs were stairway obstructions
Now I have to backpedal from the
Shower of glass and metal
Wondering how after it settles we'll find
Who provided power to radical rebels
The Melting Pot seems to be calling the
Kettle black when it boils over
But only on our own soil so the
Little boy holds a toy soldier
And wait's for the suit and tie to come
Home we won't wait till he's older
Before we destroy hopes for a
Colder war to end
"Now get a close up of his head"
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself while the stock markets crash
The city is covered in inches of muck
I see some other pictures of victims are up
Grieving mothers are thinking their
Children are stuck
Leaping lovers are making decisions to jump!
While holding hands
To escape the brutal heat
Sometimes in groups of the three
The fallout goes far beyond the toxic
Cloud where people look like debris
But all they saw after all was said
Beyond the talking heads
Was bloody dust with legs looking like
The walking dead calling for meds
Hospitals are overwhelmed volunteers need to
Go the hell home
Moments of silence for fire fighters
Were interupted by cell phones
Who's going to make that call to
Increase an unknown death toll?
It's the one we rally behind
He's got a megaphone
And he's promising to make heads roll
So we cheer him on
But asbestos is affecting our breath control
The less we know
The more they fabricate the easier
It is to sell souls
"There is a new price on freedom
So buy into it while supplies last
Changes need to be made:
No more curbside baggage 7PM curfew
Racial profiling will continue
With less bitching
We’ve unified over who to kill
So until I find more
Relevant scripture to quote, remember our
God is bigger, stronger
Smarter and much wealthier
So wave those flags with pride
Especially the white part"
We sell addictive 24-hour candlelight
Vigil in TVs freedom will be defended at the
Cost of civil liberties
Viewers are glued to television screens
Stuck, cause lots of things seem too sick
I use opportunities to pluck heart
Strings for theme music
I'll show you which culture to
Pump your fist at
And what foot is right to kiss
We don't know who the culprit is yet
But he looks like this
We know who the heros are not
The xenophobes who act hard
"We taught that dog to squat
How dare he do that shit
In our own back yard!"
They happened to scar our financial
State and char our landscape
Can you count how many times so far
I ran back this same damn tape?
While a cameraman creates news and shoves it
Down our throats on the West Bank
With a ten-second clip put on constant
Loop to provoke US angst
So get your tanks and load your guns and
Hold your sons in a family huddle
Because even if we win this tug
Of war and even the score
Humanity struggles
There's a desperate need of blood for
What's been uncovered under the rubble
Some of them dug for answers in the mess
But the rest were looking for trouble
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast
It's the makeshift, the patriot
The flag shop is out of stock i hang myself
Don't waive your rights with your flags
Who think you know it all you know nothing
You have not seen a shot fired
And you’re waving the damn flag
Frank, what’s up man?
Watchin' some bullshit, on the news
Fuckin' bullshit reporters
Tryin' to win a fuckin' Emmy
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself via live telecast
Coming live from my own funeral
Beautiful weather offered a nice shine
Which is suitable for a full
View of a forever-altered skyline
It's times like these I freestyle
Biased opinions every other sentence
My journalistic ethics slip when I
Pass them off as objective:
"Don't gimme that ethical shit"
I've got exclusive
Explicit images to present to
Impressionable American kids
And it's time to show this world
How big our edifice is
That's exactly what they attacked when
A typically dark-skinned Disney villain
Used civilians against civilians
And charged the
Trojan horses into our buildings
Using commercial aviation as
Instruments of destruction
Pregnant women couldn't protect
Their children
Wheelchairs were stairway obstructions
Now I have to backpedal from the
Shower of glass and metal
Wondering how after it settles we'll find
Who provided power to radical rebels
The Melting Pot seems to be calling the
Kettle black when it boils over
But only on our own soil so the
Little boy holds a toy soldier
And wait's for the suit and tie to come
Home we won't wait till he's older
Before we destroy hopes for a
Colder war to end
"Now get a close up of his head"
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself while the stock markets crash
The city is covered in inches of muck
I see some other pictures of victims are up
Grieving mothers are thinking their
Children are stuck
Leaping lovers are making decisions to jump!
While holding hands
To escape the brutal heat
Sometimes in groups of the three
The fallout goes far beyond the toxic
Cloud where people look like debris
But all they saw after all was said
Beyond the talking heads
Was bloody dust with legs looking like
The walking dead calling for meds
Hospitals are overwhelmed volunteers need to
Go the hell home
Moments of silence for fire fighters
Were interupted by cell phones
Who's going to make that call to
Increase an unknown death toll?
It's the one we rally behind
He's got a megaphone
And he's promising to make heads roll
So we cheer him on
But asbestos is affecting our breath control
The less we know
The more they fabricate the easier
It is to sell souls
"There is a new price on freedom
So buy into it while supplies last
Changes need to be made:
No more curbside baggage 7PM curfew
Racial profiling will continue
With less bitching
We’ve unified over who to kill
So until I find more
Relevant scripture to quote, remember our
God is bigger, stronger
Smarter and much wealthier
So wave those flags with pride
Especially the white part"
We sell addictive 24-hour candlelight
Vigil in TVs freedom will be defended at the
Cost of civil liberties
Viewers are glued to television screens
Stuck, cause lots of things seem too sick
I use opportunities to pluck heart
Strings for theme music
I'll show you which culture to
Pump your fist at
And what foot is right to kiss
We don't know who the culprit is yet
But he looks like this
We know who the heros are not
The xenophobes who act hard
"We taught that dog to squat
How dare he do that shit
In our own back yard!"
They happened to scar our financial
State and char our landscape
Can you count how many times so far
I ran back this same damn tape?
While a cameraman creates news and shoves it
Down our throats on the West Bank
With a ten-second clip put on constant
Loop to provoke US angst
So get your tanks and load your guns and
Hold your sons in a family huddle
Because even if we win this tug
Of war and even the score
Humanity struggles
There's a desperate need of blood for
What's been uncovered under the rubble
Some of them dug for answers in the mess
But the rest were looking for trouble
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast
It's the makeshift, the patriot
The flag shop is out of stock i hang myself
Don't waive your rights with your flags