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We’re from America

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We’re from America Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We're from America, we're from America
Where we eat our young
We're from America, we're from America
It's where Jesus was born

We're from America, we're from America
Where they let you come on their faces
We're from America, we're from America
We speak 'American'

We don't believe in credibility
Because we know that we're fucking incredible
We don't believe in credibility
Because we know that we're fucking incredible

I wanna be a martyr, don't wanna be a victim
Be a killer with a god so they call me a hero
I wanna be a martyr, don't wanna be a victim
Be a killer with a god so they call me a hero


God is an excuse, God is an excuse
God is an excuse, God is an excuse
God is an excuse, God is an excuse
God is an excuse, so sing it with me
[Chorus]
We're from America, we're from America
We're from America, you can sing it with me
We're from America, we're from America
We're from America, you can sing it with me

We're from America

[Verse 2]
We don't like to kill our unborn
We need them to grow up and fight our wars
We don't like to kill our unborn
We need them to grow up and fight our wars


We believe in everything we say
And we say it because we believe it
We believe in everything we say
And we say it because we believe it

[Chorus]
We're from America, we're from America
We're from America, you can sing it with me
We're from America, we're from America
We're from America, you can sing it with me

We're from America, you can sing it with me
We're from America, you can sing it with me
[Bridge]
We're from America, we're from America
We turn literature into litter
We're from America, we're from America
We believe in 'being a quitter'

I'm in recovery
I'm in recovery
I'm in recovery

We're from America
We're from America
From America
So sing it with me

[Chorus]
We're from America, we're from America
We're from America, you can sing it with me
We're from America, we're from America
We're from America, you can sing it with me

We're from America, you can sing it with me
We're from America, you can sing it with me
We're from America, you can sing it with me
We're from America, you can sing it with me
We're from America, you can sing it with me
We're from America, you can sing it with me

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“We’re from America” by Marilyn Manson was first posted as a free download on Manson’s official site on March 18, 2009. Later, the track was released as a single for the High End of Low album and hit #3 place in the Billboard’s “US Hot 100 Singles Sales ” Chart.

“I think a lot of people will hear the track and initially think it’s just political, but it’s not just that, it’s also me describing a lot of fucked-up scenarios that I’m going through in my personal life. Someone asked me, ‘Why are you so fucked up?’, ‘Well, I am from America.’
I hate the fact that so many people have fucked the country up, and so many people fucked up my personal life and I allowed it to happen. So in a way, I feel like America as a whole feels, but in no way does that make me a tree-hugging patriotic freedom rocker.”
- KERRANG!, “I Gave Myself 158 Scars in One Day”, March 18th, 2009

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