Hold it hold it Listen Step into the madness of a million city streets Where dealers sell white powder and children stand and bleed Where local gangs are vicious and cops are so impure That schoolboys carry uzis so they'll feel secure Where fathers rape their daughters and beat up on their sons Until the mother tries to stop him and goes and buys a gun Where the local church is closed except a couple times a week And turns its face from all the homeless in the street Wo oh oh this is America (This is America) Land of the free (This is America) Everyone gets justice (This is America) And liberty If you got the money Bankers and controllers make deals on foreign shores And the Cia ships heroin to finance their secret wars They sell the madmen weapons then send soldiers to their land And in the name of God we battle for all the oil under the sand This is America (This is America) Land of the free (This is America) Everyone gets justice Everyone gets justice (This is America) And liberty If you got the money Step into the madness Guitar This is America brother Land of the free Everyone gets justice And liberty If you got the money If you got the money Woh step into the madness as a thousand points of light Illuminate the warheads for the final fight Step into the madness, say your prayers and drink your tea Get ready for a kinder, gentler world war three This is America (This is America) Land of the free (This is America) Everyone (This is America) Everyone gets justice And liberty If you got the money This is America (This is America) Land of the free yeah (This is America) Everyone gets justice (This is America) And there is liberty If you've got the money Step into the madness Where are those wacky Peters Brothers when you need them