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Home of the Slave

from Exit Strategy by Red Kate

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lyrics

From the beginning they taught us the myth
of the exceptional nation state
We hold these truths, but we dare not look
at the means that made us great.

Forced removal with public approval
from sea to shining sea
Wrapped up in a flag of contagious disease
called Manifest Destiny

America, Home of the Brave
America, Home of the Slave

The wealth of a nation was built on the backs
of a 3/5ths Compromise
Lost Cause culture cloaked in a hood
of revisionist history lies

Mass exclusion, persecution
over and over again
Nothing will change until we to face up
to this country's Original Sin

Ain't it a beautiful America
Where they tell you that you're free?
But you're really beholden
To the boss and the banks
And the corporate monopolies

Production quotas, accounting iotas
from The Master they learned their trade
The Titans of Industry have always known
capitalism's American made

You say it happened long ago
and there's nothing we can do
But if there is no justice
what is the meaning of the truth?
It may have never bothered you
but it's always bothered me

credits

from Exit Strategy, track released September 8, 2023
L. Ron Drunkard - bass, lead vocals
Andrew Whelan - drums, backing vocals
Shaun Hamontree - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Chris Kinsley - lead guitar, backing vocals
Lin Buck - Hammond organ

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Red Kate Kansas City, Missouri

Red Kate is a no bullshit, class conscious punk rock & roll band from Kansas City, MO. For more than a decade the band has toured across the Midwest expressing its DIY ethic through a sound that tips a cap to the beer soaked barroom floors of the 70s British Pub-Rock scene, Australian proto-punk and the modern blues-punk sound that has since taken root in Midwest dive bars and basements. ... more

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