red hot chili peppers
johnny, kick a hole in the sky
I saw a star spangled banner yet wave  I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I cry, I cry I was born in a land, I don't think you understand God damn, what I am I'm a native of this place, please don't kick me in my face My race has been disgraced  Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Johnny, Johnny, Johnny  I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I wonder why, why Put us in your pumpkin shell Where you keep us very well It's hell, where I dwell  When history books are full of shit I become the anarchist, I'm pissed at this What this country claims to be It's a lie, no place for me, I bleed  Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Johnny, Johnny, Johnny  I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I decide to defy Kill my trust if you must, but in my blood there is the lust For life, that's right Apache blood is in my heart, thrashing through me like a shark Crashing through the dark  Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Johnny, Johnny, Johnny  I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I confide, confide What am I supposed to do, I feel like I'm cut in two Confused by rules Do these two cultures clash or am I living in the past? I ask, please, tell me fast  Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Johnny, Johnny, Johnny  I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I thats right To what do I belong and if I change will I be wrong Be wrong, thats wrong I took my foot and kicked a hole in the sky I proceeded to plead, forefathers, help me decide  A jagged flash of light struck me in the eye I turned around and found that I was still alive Snakes rise high from the purple black sky The red cloud rains and the black horse rides  Then it dawned on me like the mornin' sun I'm a part of two worlds and the mornin' comes Glowing embers tend to remember when The power that is peace was treated as a friend I am a master of adaption and I've got to take action I'm a man, the animal man