turn on your t.v. now my son in north hollywood i see the guns are blazing well you can't believe it but you'd best believe it boy this is your u.s.a. today turn up the radio now my son a car got jacked in compton, news at 11 just another day in the modern world but i still love this land, o.k.? well you can't believe it but you'd best believe it boy this is your u.s.a. today take a look and you might see too much reality you'll cut your mind along the way on the pieces of a broken of a broken world today see the pretty news announcer, son? she looks so good with stories of decay and destruction smiling like it was all a video game and every anchor looks the same well you can't believe it but you'd best believe it this is your u.s.a. today look too hard then you will see too much reality you'll cut your mind along the way on the pieces of a broken world today see the wars so far from here brought into my room so crystal clear words and images like these have got me on my knees turn up your t.v. now my son cause there's nowhere left to hide, nowhere left to run well you can't believe it but you'd best believe it this is the u.s.a. today