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