american bad dream

remember when ninth grade was about getting laid, skipping class tryin' not to get caught, now you gotta take a test in a bullet proof vest, scared to death that you might get shot, it's like i just closed my eyes, everybody started fallin' for the devil's disguise, that hides behind the lies, that hides, the truth and i just can't take it no more, so wake me up, from this american bad dream, is it this messed up?, or is it really reality?, i'm becoming numb, to all of this tragedy, somebody wake me up, from this american bad dream, from this american bad dream, i remember going 10 over the limit would just get you a ticket, just an inconvenience gettin' stopped, bad cops played the jury made the good ones worry, about showing up and doing their job, it's like i just closed my eyes, everybody started fallin' for the devil's disguise, that hides behind the lies, that hides, the truth and i just can't take it no more, so wake me up, from this american bad dream, is it this messed up?, or is it really reality?, i'm becoming numb, to all of this tragedy, somebody wake me up, from this american bad dream, yeah this american bad dream, from this american bad dream, ooh, it's like i just closed my eyes, everybody started fallin' for the devil's disguise, damn, so wake me up, from this american bad dream, is it this messed up?, or is it really reality?, i'm becoming numb, to all of this tragedy, somebody wake me up, from this american bad dream, from this american bad dream, wake me up, wake me up, wake me up from this american bad dream, from this american bad dream