The American dream is a nightmare for too many folk
Raising kids to be jailed in some sick kind of joke
Can you hear that's your freedom that clicks as it locks round your wrist
This is no accident it's a fucked up scripture we enlist
The language of violence they learn how to speak on the fly
But picking fights with a nation is hardly an eye for an eye
Sell them a TV, some morphine and leave them to die
Should they ask for more, just tell them they need only try
This isn't how you raise a child
Look in their eyes and see the wild
Look in their eyes and let them hear you say
You wouldn't have it any other way
No this isn't how you raise a child
Would you see your own children grow up like those who you throw
To a place where despite in such numbers they'll be so alone
There's blood on your hands and it runs through my veins
These memories won't wash away when it rains
We should tear off your skin and then we'd see who you really are
This isn't how you raise a child
Look in their eyes and see the wild
Look in their eyes and let them hear you say
You wouldn't have it any other way
No this isn't how you raise a child
What more is a country than what many millions call home
Any more than that's something we should've outgrown
This isn't your business the empire is dead
Every penny you make now is blemished in red
So to hell with your fiscal objectives now make this a home
Make our world a home
Raise them as your own
Make our world a home
Raise them as your own
Make our world a home
Raise them as your own
This isn't how you raise a child
Look in their eyes and see the wild
Look in their eyes and let them hear you say
You wouldn't have it any other way
No this isn't how you raise a child
