"The leads are weak." "The leads are weak; f**ing leads are weak? You're weak." [Verse 1] Remember when America had a middle cla** and an upper cla**? That was way before the exodus That was the America that we thought was number one Thought would overcome, thought would never die That was just our pride and faith: two sh**ty deadly sins; I know faith isn't one of 'em but it should have been Cause when things were crumbling, we had no camaraderie Just a faith someone would save us from despondence [Chorus] We called it America, whoa We called it America, whoa
[Verse 2] "Number one America" was a slogan used To keep morale up when we knew we were already cooked Then the richer western states Succeeded in secession and the eastern ones followed right behind Mexi-Can-America was the perfect name That epitomized the order of significance, authority and affluence We had turned it all around, went from number one, straight to number two (sh**) [Interlude] National bankruptcy, circumcised society USA, dined and ditched; Fox reports "poor is the new rich" [Chorus] x 2 We called it America