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Look at me, I am the american dream I am the icon of the material fantasy I've built my confidence on machines I am the consumer and the consumed I do not think for myself, I have someone else to do it for me Patience is not an option, it's existance is not acceptable I buy the sacrifices of nameless faces, so I will always be numb The only taste I know is that of what is made convienient The only life I know is that which I have been born into I am a slave of the machine and dime I am the america that no one sees You are the america that no one sees We are a body, consumed by consumption We are eaten alive by our desires Work all week for a little rest, a little drink, a little bliss A temporary escape from the truth that we deny The truth that we are no longer human We are the urine of the media, the final product Mindlessly chasing the american dream that we have been told to have If you do not want the dream, then you are labeled 'unpatriotic', or 'anarchist' So long have we been taught that america is the symbol of freedom and justice But poetic justice has called checkmate We have bound ourselves with our own lifestyles In Wall Street we trust In voice mail we trust In MTV we trust I am the american dream I am the end of humanity |