[2007]
Lyrics & Music by Daniel Sheehan
Album: The Dan Sheehan Conspiracy

Psychedelic rap/rock hybrid about the American government's and populace's lack of concern over the injury and death non-Americans, particularly those killed in our recent wars..

"Waaaaaay before it became cool to be against the war in Iraq, I was one of the many Americans persecuted by our fellow countrymen who were still hyped up by blind patriotism into believing that the U.S. could do no wrong, and that anyone who in any way opposed the wars in Iraq and/or Afghanistan were unpatriotic people to be de facto censored and lambasted.
Anyone who was with me from the start knows how this felt, and how wrong the prevailing mood in this country was. The rest of you should have known better!
The orphaned boy referred to in verse 2 is a real boy named Ali, who lost in arms during the aerial bombings of Baghdad... (continua)