Uncle Sam Goddamn Lyrics

[Chorus]
Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave

The grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred, and power is God
Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave

The grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred, and power is God

[Verse 2]
All must bow to the fat and lazy
The fuck you, obey me, and why do they hate me? (Who me?)
Only two generations away
From the world's most despicable slavery trade

Pioneered so many ways to degrade a human being
That it can't be changed to this day
Legacy so ingrained in the way that we think;
We no longer need chains to be slaves
Lord it's a shameful display
The overseers even got raped along the way
Because the children can't escape from the pain
And they're born with poisonous hatred in their veins
Try and separate a man from his soul
You only strengthen him, and lose your own
But shoot that fucker if he walk near the throne
Remind him that this is my home, now I'm gone
[Chorus]
Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave

The grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred, and power is God
Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave

The grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred, and power is God

[Instrumental break]

[Vocals: Mankwe Ndosi]
(You're so low)
Custom made (You're so low)
To consume the noose (You're so low)
Keep saying we're free (You're so low)
But we're all just loose (You're so low)

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One of the Minnesota emcee’s most popular tracks, this is a scathing political debasement of all that corporate America stands for. The song hit hard enough within the industry to get Ali kicked off a tour sponsored by the Verizon phone company.

The title is an appropriation of Nina Simone’s Mississippi Goddam, including the “show tune” reference in the intro.

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Release Date
May 4, 2007
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