The world as we know it...

The color spectrum of our brave flag crystalizes in the sky
Hands on our heart as the words escapes our lips
Fire blood red, crisp collared white, cold polluted blue, rise it high and make sure it continues to fly
Mountain ranges of beauty, the remaining sky scrapers that still exist
Our country the great, & land of opportunities
Unless you resist
The politics
The censorship & serviellance & jury duty sittings
The free healthcare...
hahahaha! Just kidding!
Walk the streets for a day and examine the poverty we convey
Jobless low (ahem) excuse me, middle class, suffering everyday
Immigrants, culture, aids, sports, obesity, we have it all!
Careful what you wish for because as high as you dream, it is as hard as you fall
Colors still lack the natural hues Corporate America wishes to use
Tolerance is foreign and foreign is domestic
We blame others for their extreme ways yet we give celebrities due dates on when they would like to be arrested

Jessica is from New York she wants to be an actress or even a model
But hollywood doesn't accept her because she is a size 12 and has a bit of a waddle
So Jessica spends years hiding behind grinning red lips and a twisted gripped bottle
Jessica regrets life and shares her secrets with random men that notice she's not wearing underwear underneath her ratty dress
Thank you America, another American dream story of success

Kordeza is eleven and she's from Bulgaria where she just made history
She's the youngest mother in the world to experience pregnancy
The 19 year old father is in jail for six years but had no intentions of fleeing the scene
He's proud he fell in love with her, with no intentions of sex, but he also thought she was 15.
He rescued her from bullies that were bothering her at school
An ordinary love story, who could blame this poor fool?
"It feels strange to be a mom and have a baby. I used to play with my toys but now she is my new toy. She is so beautiful I love her. She is the new child and I must grow up. I am not going back to school, I am a mother now."
She tells the anxious mixed emotions crowd
Yes, it is time for you to come down from your cloud
That rests among the cameras and lights and interviews
Your childhood gone and life has found you without you being able to choose

That kind of stuff doesn't happen in our great nation, the proud and the free
We are a God-fearing country that idolizes His priorities
Except for 28 year old John that just got arrested and sentenced to 2 years or more
For having a recording device in the women's bathroom in a family christian book store
That doesn't happen often, I swear, you gotta believe me
As the American priest walks by and drops pictures of child pornography

Noor Faleh Almaleki from Arizona underwent spinal surgery
Because she was ran over with a car from her very own daddy
20 year old Noor, a proud American Iraqi
Was critized for being too westernized and probably died happily
Daddy just wanted to give her an honorable death since she had shamed the family
Too westernized indeed, for how can we not stand for such democracy?

Border patrol, gun licenses to many, & marijuana sentences harsher than cold crimes
Welcome to our nation and embrace our glory, lights, and grime
We point the finger at whoever is closest, criticize other cultures so you fail to notice
We are good at cover ups cuz your obssessed with the tv
We televise horror so you can appreciate the bare neccessities
So you can feel safe and we succeed at this you must admit
educators get paid nothing so you have $60,000 chairs at the football stadium and will be comfortable as you sit
Welcome to this,
it's the world as we know it.