Empire

[Intro] Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world? It's not the greatest country in the world, professor, that's my answer Just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day There are some things you should know, and one of them is: There is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world We're 7th in literacy, 27th in math 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income Number 4 in labor force, and number 4 in exports We lead the world in only three categories: Number of incarcerated citizens per capita Number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending; Where we spend more than the next twenty-six countries combined Twenty-five of whom are allies Now none of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student But you, nonetheless, are without a doubt a member of the WORST-period-GENERATION-period-EVER-period So when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world I don't know what the fuck you're talking about! [Verse 1] I wonder if the Romans saw their empire declining Was the ones that said it’s coming ridiculed accused of lying Called malcontents that only specialize in whining and Losers who were mad at the citizens that was climbing Is this the way they rationalized a country that’s crumbling With the flag waving nationalistic chest thumping and Did they throw parades to say that they were number one Instead of fighting the malaise that gave a hint that they were done Were they discussin’ corruption of people and authorities Pulled too thin to really cope with ever growing enemies Unemployment rampant with a failing infrastructure See I wonder if these things became the way that they went under And it’s hard for me to see this shit and just ignore the parallels While everybody parties hard and motto being "what the hell" Will others see the trend before it’s too late Or will the realization come with barbarians at the gate [Chorus](x2) Don’t get mad at me cause I’m the one that’s yelling fire Denial is the gasoline that keeps the flames higher Ignore it if you wanna be a slave to your desire But this is what it looks like at the death of empires [Verse 2] Three hundred million Americans are mostly seen as arrogant The globe could be on fire and they would scarcely be aware of it At least that’s the impression the rest of the world is given But what’s truly nauseating is I can not argue with them Too many caught up in first world problems inside their first world bubble Their comfort level blinds their minds to the trouble That their government will get into and do it in our names Cause nobody’s held responsible, so they just took the reins How could 90% of Americans want gun control Universal background checks and they just say no Like fuck how you feel cause we don’t have to listen But the NSA will monitor the emails you have written To see crimes that you’re admitting Like confessions you’re submitting And in the process of this fuckery the constitution ripping Oh by the way you’re paying us to disregard your problems It’s ironic that problem's us so no-one else will solve them [Chorus](x2) Don’t get mad at me cause I’m the one that’s yelling fire Denial is the gasoline that keeps the flames higher Ignore it if you wanna be a slave to your desire But this is what it looks like at the death of empires [Verse 3] Nowadays these conspiracies are easy to believe Because the collective consciousness perceives the government deceives And no matter how just ridiculous a lot of them will seem The population will spread them around with statuses and memes There’s a general disgust about the things that they don’t trust When the media ain’t leading some topics they won’t touch But our attention spans diverted we got A.D.D While those in power seek to redefine what liberty means Yo the people on the top give could a crap about the bottom All the access, all the money, all the resources they got them And you part your lips to talk about one man one vote They laughing at you drinking champagne on their luxury boat Cause every empire ever existed has fallen to dust And it’s kind of ludicrous to think that the exception is us But laugh me off and watch us march down that exact same road And years from now this empire will be another story told [Chorus](x3) Don’t get mad at me cause I’m the one that’s yelling fire Denial is the gasoline that keeps the flames higher Ignore it if you wanna be a slave to your desire But this is what it looks like at the death of empires