B.Y.O.B. - Day off in the Life by B.Y.O.B. lyrics

[tell me whaddya learn in summer school?] 4 times Oh such a happy happy holi-a** day Parents barbecue and the kids go play With the flags up and the sky so high Always on the fourth day of a-july And with a lot of fireworks when it gets dark With a lot of drunk folks in Rock Creek Park Burgers and hot dogs, if you so please Oh such joy festivi-a**-ties Parades are everywhere that you try and go And they're on TV so I missed my favorite show But it's all cool and it's all OK 'cuz it's a most symbolic-a** day But when i start to think I think about what it means And just what it is Just ain't what it seems To celebrate freedom from oppressive rule But freedom from what? for what? and for whom? My folks were still getting' those chains and those whips On July Fourth Day one-seven-seven-six So what does it mean to me? Just a day off from school, baby [tell me whaddya learn in summer school?] 4 times Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor Opportunities over on these shores You can still see her off in the distance Tellin' some folks to come to this land Freedom is what she's supposed to symbolize And a facelift which was commercialized And exploited so some got paid Now whatcha call that, the American Way? Well my folks came centuries before But in chains is how they reached these shores To be exploited and to be enslaved Upon which was built the American Way 95 North to New York I ain't smilin' People where I'm from ain't seen no Ellis Island So what's the Statue of Liber-a**-ty? Just a big green b**h to me [tell me whaddya learn in summer school?] 8 times --- .