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IT?S AS SIMPLE AS FEAR, AS DISTURBING AS HATE, IT?S A FRAGILE AS HUMILITY
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IT?S THE WAY THAT WE DEAL WITH WHAT WE TRULY FEEL ABOUT EVERYTHING WE SEE
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RALLY ROUND A CAGE
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OR ACT YOUR AGE
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LIKE AGE OLD METHODS WE SCRATCHED FOREVER IN A PRISON WALL
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WE KNOW WHAT WE?RE CAPABLE OF BUT WE DON?T SEEM TO CARE AT ALL
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RALLY ROUND A CAGE, AND DON?T MAKE A FUSS
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RALLY ROUND A CAGE, WHO AM I IF I?M NOT AWARE THAT I?M ONE OF US?
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IT?S A QUESTION OF TRUST


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RALLY ?ROUND A CAGE, CRINGE AT THE PAPER THEN PLACE THE BLAME ON ?THESE DAYS
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AS IF WE DON?T KNOW WHAT WE?VE SEEN UNLESS WE VIEW IT ON THE BIG SCREEN
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UNDERSTAND IT?S NOT GETTING BETTER AND IT?S GROWING OUTSIDE
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A PRICE PAID IN FULL FOR THE CONSCIENCE THAT LIED
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ALL THE BILLBOARDS IN THE WORLD CAN?T COVER OUR EYES
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I DON?T UNDERSTAND

DON?T TREAD ON ME


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BUT WE ACT LIKE WE DIDN?T KNOW, THEN KIDS SHOOT KIDS OR COMMUNITY DEFIES ITS ROLE
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THEN OF COURSE IT?S EVERYONE?S FAULT EXCEPT ANYONE WE MIGHT KNOW
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TELL ME ARE THE COLORS OF THE FLAG MUCH PRETTIER TO SEE
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WHEN VIEWED FROM THE REQUISITE COMFORT OF THE KNEES
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WE?RE THE LOYAL LITTLE CHORUS STILL SINGING OUT ?PLEASE?
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I CAN?T UNDERSTAND

DON?T TREAD ON ME

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ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE PINK SLIPS, FOUR
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WHERE ?FAMILY VALUES? ARE A VALUE MOST CAN?T AFFORD
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RALLY ?ROUND A CAGE, TO THE NEW HIT SONGS
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RALLY ?ROUND A CAGE, CALLED ?HOW CAN WE BE WRONG?
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RALLY ?ROUND A CAGE C?MON DO THE GOOSE STEP TO A STATE-SUBSIDIZED SING-ALONG
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WITH ONE SIDE YANKING A LINE CALLED DAMAGE CONTROL
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WHILE GROANING CUZ THEY FELT THAT THE NATIONAL RAZOR WENT DULL
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BUT THE OTHER IS A PLACE I CALL HOME
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WHERE SOLIDARITY IS SELDOM SHOWN
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WHERE TAXES PAID IS LIKE GETTING SPADE TO A DOG WITH A THRIFT-STORE BONE
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THIS ISN?T ME, THIS ISN?T ME,
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THIS ISN?T ME, IT COULDN?T BE, THIS ISN?T ME
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THIS ISN?T ME, IT COULDN?T BE, THIS ISN?T ME
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THIS ISN?T ME, IT COULDN?T BE, IT WILL NEVER BE.