[00:01.13]ANTI-FLAG Stars And Stripes LYRICS
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[00:35.34]welcoming with open arms and
[00:36.84]with open hearts
[00:39.84]in the end they found their arms in shackles
[00:42.64]and their hearts torn out
[00:45.16]this country named "america"
[00:47.58]is built on graves
[00:50.00]of the natives who lived here before
[00:52.11]genocide took place
[00:55.40]the word "america" means "freedom" - as in
[00:57.50]"free to kill the free..."
[03:17.89][03:08.36][03:03.47][02:58.05][02:47.31][02:42.41][02:37.18][02:27.38][02:22.67][01:58.02][01:48.16][01:43.44][00:59.32]don't fly those stripes
[01:05.05][01:00.30]those stars-and-stripes for me
[01:02.85]for me don't fly those stripes
[01:07.66]for me... For me!
[01:19.75]it's the same today as then
[01:21.06]as U.S. (tax) dollars are spent
[01:24.30]to rid the native insurgence in Mexico
[01:26.70]and any other U.S. (corporate) "interests"
[01:29.15]the 3rd world is a modern day playground
[01:31.30]for multinational companies
[01:33.62]and the tax dollars we're forced to pay
[01:35.42]fund these heartless U.S. policies
[01:39.57]their explanation...
[01:40.70]"it's national interest, national security..."
[03:09.78][03:04.62][02:38.37][02:28.63][02:23.76][01:59.29][01:49.23][01:44.49]those stars-and-stripes for me, for me
[03:13.37][02:52.69][02:32.35][01:53.10]they Stand for greed
[03:14.53][02:33.44][01:54.26]they stand for hate, for nothing i believe
[02:02.91]at little big horn national cemetery
[02:04.71]there's a monument that reads:
[02:07.82]"to the soldiers killed in montana while clearing
[02:10.39]hostile indians away... '
[02:13.23]and there's a flag there flying high
[02:14.97]over the fallen killers' graves
[02:17.97]when they call on me to die for them
[02:20.08]i'll say... "not me!"
[03:19.57][02:59.41][02:48.55][02:43.53]those stars-and-stripes for me...
[02:53.92]they stand for hate
[02:55.33]for nothing i believe...