[Verse 1] Born down in a dead-end town First breath I took, they were crackin' down Raised like a pawn in a ruthless game Spent my whole damn life in fear and shame [Chorus] Born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame [Verse 2] Got caught speakin’ my own mind Now they put a barcode in my spine Shipped me off to a foreign land Told me, “Obey, or we’ll cut off your hand” [Chorus] Born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame [Verse 3] Came back home to a ghost-town street Hired guns patrollin’ every beat Went down to see my old friend Jack Turns out they took him, ain't never comin' back [Verse 4] Had a brother in the rebel fight Tried to stand up for what was right They caught him cold in the dead of night Now he's just a name they wiped from sight [Verse 5] Down in the shadow of the ministry By the towers built for tyranny I'm ten years buried in the lie Nowhere to scream, ain't got nowhere to hide [Chorus] Born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame Born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame I was born in the U.S. Shame
