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This American Life

from Cartel Era by John Cartel

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Verse

This American life
Ain’t all wrong….but it ain't right
Work all day till you get tired
And then you work at night
And you still can’t pay
Watching your life just pass away

In this american life
It sings like an angel
And shes singing goodbye
To Jesus Christ we say goodnight
To the virgins in our eyes
And the police say
Who can we
Who can we kill today

Chorus

Hold on, hold on
To this American life
It soothes like a bandage
But it cuts like a knife

Hold on, hold on
To the great American gun
If you smile when we kill a child babe
Then you’re not the only one

Verse

In this American life
He’s got mace in his left and a gun in the right
You know that God controls the day
But the pigs control the night
You better watch what you say
Unless you wanna, unless you wanna die today

American Life
Thank the lord I’m rich and white
I thank him again my health is tight
And that I can still get high
But we won’t be satisfied
'Till all of them, all of them die

Chorus

Hold on, hold on
To this American life
It soothes like a bandage
But it cuts like a knife

Hold on, hold on
To the great American gun
If you smile when we kill a child babe
Then you’re not the only one

Bridge

Ooh yeah
Yeah uh huh

Its been one helluva year
Its time to embrace fear
When you can’t sleep another night
And millions of people have died
It’s the empire’s time to end
Because the children deserve their revenge
You know that we deserve to die
For this American life

Verse

This american life
It’s all wrong and it doesn’t seem right
Wake up late and you’re still tired
There’s no one left to fight
Just go back to sleep
Just close your little vicious eyes

American life
It cuts like a razor... no it cuts like a knife
You know how many times we’ve said goodbye
To the babies in our arms
I don’t wanna be…
American any more

Lalalala
Lallalalalalalallalalala

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from Cartel Era, released December 25, 2016

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John Cartel Akron, Ohio

As a solo musician and multi-instrumentalist, John Cartel works by a simple philosophy: to duplicate hip-hop’s reign over the music world by bringing a more authentic street sound back to rock n’ roll.

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