Modern Democracy

(album: Mata Leão - 1996)

As I look up at the sky
I wondered why mama always cried
Was it for how fast we lived and died
'Cause we never got our piece of the pie?
Busting at the seams, the American dream
Like meth said cream, boulevard of broken dreams
Parents with good intentions never mention
The Brooklyn House of Detention

Free to fly, free to try
To get our peace before we die
Free to fly, free to try
To get our piece of the pie and die

Locking us down, got the cops all around
The sound of sirens drown your own heart's pound
But you only wanted a piece of the pie
In your mind eye, mama's still gonna cry
No matter how hard you try
Whether it's truth or lies, on the day that you die
We are free to fly, free to try
To get our piece of the pie and die

Freedom, liberty, the KKK
Modern democracy, we have no say
American dream, the American way
Land of the free, home of the slave

Free to fly, free to try
To get our peace before we die
Free to fly and free to try
To get our peace before we die (Here we go, y'all)

Free to fly, free to try
To get our peace before we die
Free to fly, free to try
To get our piece of the pie and die

Freedom, liberty, the KKK
Modern democracy, we have no say
American dream, the American way
Land of the free, home of the slave

Freedom, liberty, the KKK
Modern democracy, we have no say
American dream, the American way
Land of the free, home of the slave