Makeshift Patriot Lyrics
Makeshift Patriot - Sage Francis
Frank what's up man
I'm just watching some bullshit
On the news It's f**king bullshit
Reporters trying to a f**king win an Emmy
Makeshift Patriot
The Flag Shop Is Out Of Stock
I Hang Myself at Half Mast
Makeshift Patriot
The Flag Shop Is Out Of Stock
I Hang Myself at Half Mast
Makeshift Patriot
The Flag Shop Is Out Of Stock
I Hang Myself at Half Mast
Its the Makeshift
The Patriot
The Flag Shop is Out of Stock
I hang myself via live telecast
Coming live from my own funeral
Beautiful weather offered a nice shine
Which is suitable for a full view
Of a forever altered skyline
It's times like these I freestyle
Biased opinions every other sentence
My journalistic ethics slip
When I pass them off as objective
"Don't give me that ethical sh*t "
I've got exclusive explicit images
To present to impressionable American kids
And it's time to show this world
How big our edifice is
That's exactly what they attacked
When a typically dark skinned Disney villain
Used civilians against civilians
And charged the Trojan horses
Into our buildings
Using commercial aviation
As instruments of destruction
Pregnant women couldn't protect their children
Wheelchairs were stairway obstructions
I have to back petal
From the shower of glass and metal
Wondering how after it settles we'll find
Who provided power to radical rebels
The Melting Pot seems to be calling
The kettle black when it boils over
But only on our own soil
So the little boy holds a toy soldier
And waits for the suit and tie to come home
We won't wait til he's older
Before we destroy hopes for a colder war to end
"Now get a close up of his head"
Makeshift Patriot
The Flag Shop Is Out of Stock
I Hang Myself at Half Mast
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast
Looks just like a movie
Its the make shift
The patriot
The Flag Shop is Out of Stock
I hang myself
While the stock markets crash
The city is covered in inches of muck
I see some other pictures of victims are up
Grieving mothers are thinking
Their children are stuck
Leaping lovers are making decisions to jump
While holding hands to escape the brutal heat
Sometimes in groups of the three
The fall out was far beyond the toxic
Cloud where people look like debris
But all they saw after all was said
Beyond the talking heads
Was bloody dust with legs looking like
The walking dead calling for meds
But Hospitals are overwhelmed
Volunteers need to go the hell home
Moments of silence for fire fighters
Were interrupted by cell phones
Who's going to make that call to
Increase an unknown death toll
It's the one we rally behind
He's got a megaphone
And he's promising to make heads roll
We cheer him on
But asbestos is affecting our breath control
The less we know the more they fabricate
The easier it is to sell souls
There is a new price on freedom
So buy into it while supplies last
Changes need to be made
No more curbside baggage
Seven pm curfew
Racial profiling will continue with less bitching
We've unified over who to kill
So until I find more relevant scripture to quote
Remember our god is bigger
Stronger smarter and much wealthier
So wave those flags with pride
Especially the white part
We sell an addictive 24 hour
Candle light vigils in TV's
Freedom will be defended
At the cost of civil liberties
The viewers are glued to television screens
Stuck cause lots of things seem too sick
I use opportunities to pluck heart
Strings for theme music
I'll show you which culture to pump your fist at
Which foot is right to kiss
We don't really know
Who the culprit is yet
But he looks like this
We know who the heroes are
Not the xenophobes who act hard
We taught that dog to squat
How dare he do that sh*t
In our own back yard
They happened to scar our financial
State and char our landscape
Can you count how many times so far
I ran back this same damn tape
While a camera man creates news
And shoves it down our throats
On the West Bank
With a ten second clip put
On constant loop to provoke US angst
So get your tanks and load your guns
And hold your sons in a family huddle
Because even if we win this tug of war
And even the score humanity struggles
There's a need of blood for
What's been uncovered under the rubble
Some of them dug for answers in the mess
But the rest were looking for trouble
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast
Makeshift patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself at half mast
It's the makeshift
The patriot
The flag shop is out of stock
I hang myself
Don't waive your rights with your flags