My Country - Tune-Yards

My country 'tis of thee

Sweet land of liberty

How come I cannot see

My future within your arms?

Your love it drags me down

Into the underground

My country bleeding me

I will not stay in your arms

No not yet

At the Salvation Army

Making us all stand in a line

While Mommy and Daddy make up

And try to make up their mind

Oh the shame I felt

When those histories mentioned my name!

If only I could forget

But memory’s my favorite game

We cannot all have it

Well what I am I supposed to say to those other guys

So sorry but you only stood half a chance

Now it’s over and they’re walkin all over you

We cannot all have it

Well why is there juice dripping under your chin

When they have nothing why do you have something

When they have nothing

The worst thing about living a lie

Is just wondering when they’ll find out

I’ve got me, you’ve got you

That’s one plus one plus two

I never told you what to do

But then you put me in some box

I’ve got you, you’ve got me

Like a baby’s got a bumblebee

I told myself I’d have to jump higher

If I was gonna get over your shit

We cannot all have it

Well what do you want me to say to the others

Oh yes there’s a place for you

But that place is underneath the cushion of my behind

We cannot all have it

Well why did you say so!

With my eyes open how can I feel happy?

With my eyes open

If nothing of this is ours

How will I ever know when something’s mine?