It’s the freest country in the world
Where there’s plenty of work
You just can’t live on the pay
Yeah, it’s the freest country in the world
But this earth was once held
In indigenous hands
Before the first flag was unfurled
Stole what we could use and killed
What we could not understand
From the freest country in the world
Let the Chinese build the railroads
Let the Irish work the mines
To keep the rich in diamonds and pearls
And let Africans slave
Without so much as a dime
To build the freest country in the world
But with pride people died
For my right to vote
In the fairest system in the world
I’d like to be represented
But the chance is remote
With the highest-priced elections
In the world
Now they send all the jobs
Far away overseas
To exploit the powerless of the world
That way millions can slave
So that a few men can be
The freest criminals in the world
Steal the oil, steal the airwaves,
Hell, you can steal anything at all
Every valuable resource in the world
If you’re ruthless enough
Hey, why do you think they call it
The freest country in the world?
No one fights though our rights
Are under attack
Highest prison population in the world
'Cause you’re still innocent
Until proven Arab or Black
In the freest country in the world
America, America
God shed some tears for thee
That we may wake from our mistakes
From sea to finally see
Push the farmers off the land
Raise the rents out of reach
So that only the rich can be rural
Then pretend that being homeless
Is a day at the beach
In the freest country in the world
Well, my sisters and I hold up half the sky
In every corner of the world
We do the baking
But we don’t get a piece of the pie
Yeah, we’re the cheapest labor in the world
We bomb the blood out of babies
If they happen to be in Vietnam,
Or Korea, or Japan, or Panama, or …
Or Iraq and that’s our role in the world
Now I pray for the day every country is free
From the freest country in the world
Well, they said it was the land of liberty
And we believed them as good boys and girls
Now we won’t rest until it can actually be
The freest country in the world
No, we won’t rest until everbody is free
In the freest country in the world
