Makeshift Patriot Lyrics - Sage Francis

LYRICS FROM: Billy Decker 

Frank, what's up man? 

I'm just watching some bullshit 

On the news. It's fucking bullshit 

Reporters trying to a fucking win an Emmy. 

(X3) 

Makeshift Patriot 

The Flag Shop Is Out Of Stock 

I Hang Myself at Half Mast 

Its the Makeshift 

The Patriot 

The Flag Shop is Out of Stock 

I hang myself... via live telecast 

Coming live from my own funeral, beautiful weather offered a nice shine 

Which is suitable for a full view of a forever altered skyline 

It's times like these I freestyle biased opinions every other sentence 

My journalistic ethics slip when I pass them off as objective 

"Don't give me that ethical shit." 

I've got exclusive, explicit images to present to impressionable American kids 

And it's time to show this world how big our edifice is! 

That's exactly what they attacked when a typically dark skinned Disney villain 

Used civilians against civilians and charged the Trojan horses into our buildings 

Using commercial aviation as instruments of destruction 

Pregnant women couldn't protect their children 

Wheelchairs were stairway obstructions 

I have to back petal...from the shower of glass and metal 

Wondering how after it settles we'll find who provided power to radical rebels 

The Melting Pot seems to be calling the kettle black when it boils over 

But only on our own soil so the little boy holds a toy soldier.. 

And waits for the suit and tie to come home. We won't wait 'til he's older 

before we destroy hopes for a colder war to end 

"Now get a close up of his head" 

Makeshift Patriot 

The Flag Shop Is Out of Stock 

I Hang Myself at Half Mast 

How does my hair look 

Makeshift Patriot 

The Flag Shop Is Out of Stock 

I Hang Myself at Half Mast 

Run that tape back 

Makeshift Patriot 

The Flag Shop Is Out Of Stock 

I Hang Myself at Half Mast 

Looks just like a movie 

Its the make shift 

The patriot 

The Flag Shop is Out of Stock 

I hang myself 

while the stock markets crash 

The city is covered in inches of muck 

I see some other pictures of victims are up 

Grieving mothers are thinking their children are stuck 

Leaping lovers are making decisions to jump 

While holding hands...to escape the brutal heat 

Sometimes in groups of the three 

The fall out was far beyond the toxic cloud where people look like debris 

But all they saw after all was said...beyond the talking heads 

Was bloody dust with legs looking like the walking dead calling for meds 

but Hospitals are overwhelmed. Volunteers need to go the hell home 

Moments of silence for fire fighters were interrupted by cell phones 

Who's going to make that call to increase an unknown death toll? 

It's the one we rally behind 

He's got a megaphone...and he's promising to make heads roll 

we cheer him on, but asbestos is affecting our breath control 

The less we know...the more they fabricate...the easier it is to sell souls 

(Man talking) 

There is a new price on freedom, so buy into it while supplies last. 

Changes need to be made; 

No more curbside baggage, 

Seven pm curfew, 

Racial profiling will continue with less bitching. 

We've unified over who to kill, so until I find more relevant scripture to quote, 

Remember, our god is bigger, stronger, smarter, and much wealthier. 

So wave those flags with pride, especially the white part. 

We sell an addictive 24 hour candle light vigils in TV's 

Freedom will be defended...at the cost of civil liberties 

The viewers are glued to television screens 

Stuck... cause lots of things seem too sick 

I use opportunities to pluck heart strings for theme music 

I'll show you which culture to pump your fist at, which foot is right to kiss 

we don't really know who the culprit is yet...but he looks like this 

we know who the heroes are. Not the xenophobes who act hard 

"We taught that dog to squat, how dare he do that shit in our own back yard!" 

They happened to scar our financial state and char our landscape 

Can you count how many times so far I ran back this same damn tape? 

While a camera man creates news and shoves it down our throats on the West Bank 

With a ten second clip put on constant loop to provoke US angst 

So get your tanks and load your guns and hold your sons in a family huddle 

Because even if we win this tug of war and even the score...humanity struggles 

There's a need of blood for what's been uncovered under the rubble 

Some of them dug for answers in the mess...but the rest were looking for trouble 

Makeshift patriot 

The flag shop is out of stock 

I hang myself at half mast. 

(3x) 

It's the makeshift 

The patriot 

The flag shop is out of stock 

I hang myself. 

Don't waive your rights with your flags.