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American Hero
02:01
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But could you see him?
Dressed in black,
State of his country on his back,
But could you feel him?
Zipped past me,
Steadied his pace like a real King Bee,
But could you SEE him?
'Cause one of these days
He's going to come back and we'll all save face,
But could you SEE him?
All covered in lace?
He's come to fight your "master race"
But could you be them?
Running this town,
A boy or a girl who could take the low down,
And could you free them?
Out of their heads?
Heads, not PEZ, try to heal the dead,
But when we need them,
Like possibly now,
Now is the time it could all go down,
But could you free them?
Right out of this place?
And be the ones to win the race?
And you must treat them
With utter respect,
Do onto others and lead a jet set,
And when you greet them,
Say you want to be free,
You've got to be the change that you want to see,
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Hey,
Don't you want to be free?
Live high and mighty like the birds in the trees,
Be runaways,
We could live by the sea,
Drink cold mimosas by the coconut tree,
The tides will turn our way,
To lead another happy day,
We'll soon be on our way,
To go off,
For a long holiday,
Goodbye to loved ones 'cause we're coming of age,
Say till dawn,
Live a life by the wave,
Just you and me and stuff we'll take to the grave,
And life is all we have
So have some fun and take a stab,
Hopefully, you'll see what I mean
And make way for the smiles on the street,
Heart of the mighty marching high off the beat,
As we chase all the dreams that we seek,
Hustle and bustle past the truth's sunken fleet,
Someday someway we'll see
Just how the whole wide world should be,
Living life
How we be,
You and I
In sweet harmony
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