Are you proud of your heritage?
What did you do to merit it?
Homie, did you choose your family and land?
Are you proud of your heritage?
Did you plan your own parentage?
Did your birth come about at your demand?
I was born an American
and it's no more a fairer land
than another's who was born somewhere 'cross the sea
My traditions are like quicksand
they grasp me with their strong hand
while the foreigner's stuck in his own just like me
She was born a beauty queen
like eye candy on the big screen
She knocks 'em all dead when she walks in the room
Did she sift through the faces
and claim one that graces?
Or was her's made for her on the Weaver's loom?
Am I proud of my heritage?
Should I drown in my arrogance?
Or should I thank the One who gives one to all?
I had nothing to do with it
and soon I'll be through with it
May I humbly serve with it till I hear the Call
What did you do to merit it?
Homie, did you choose your family and land?
Are you proud of your heritage?
Did you plan your own parentage?
Did your birth come about at your demand?
I was born an American
and it's no more a fairer land
than another's who was born somewhere 'cross the sea
My traditions are like quicksand
they grasp me with their strong hand
while the foreigner's stuck in his own just like me
She was born a beauty queen
like eye candy on the big screen
She knocks 'em all dead when she walks in the room
Did she sift through the faces
and claim one that graces?
Or was her's made for her on the Weaver's loom?
Am I proud of my heritage?
Should I drown in my arrogance?
Or should I thank the One who gives one to all?
I had nothing to do with it
and soon I'll be through with it
May I humbly serve with it till I hear the Call
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