Intro 
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More tough news on the late night TV 
News lady tells me that it's cold outside 
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Man gets his carjacked, graveyard gets ransacked 
Everybody knows that there ain't no place to hide 
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Late night drive-by, there's blood on the sidewalk 
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Rain's gonna wash out that stain someday 
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        That stupid kid should have known this ain't no cakewalk 
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You can't just wear your bandana that way 
 
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        Ain't that freedom for you 
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                Ain't that freedom for you 
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                                Freedom American style 
 
Hot car rollin' down an empty highway 
The keys were in it man it serves the owner right 
The youg girl attacked in the woods 
off the parkway 
She should have known not to jog alone at night 
Drugs rule downtown, gangs rule midtown 
You're on your own when they both collide 
I keep my doors locked with bars on my window Got an alarm in my car, keep 
my kids inside 
                                Ain't that freedom for you 
                                Ain't that freedom for you 
                                Freedom American style 
                                (solo) 
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                                More tough news on the late night TV 
News lady tells me that it's cold outside 
Man gets his carjacked, graveyard gets ransacked Everybody knows that there 
ain't 
no place to hide 
                                I keep my arms around whatever I've got 
It's an alright world but you know I watch myself I'm virtually free to do 
whatever I 
want 
                                But I try to remember so is everybody else 
                                Ain't that freedom for you 
                                Ain't that freedom for you 
                                Freedom American style 
                                Ain't that freedom for you 
                                Freedom American style