California Über Alles (Dead Kennedies)
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California über alles
California above all others
California über alles
California über alles
I'm the governor Pete Wilson, ya know
The baddest governor to ever grab the mic and go
BOOOM!
Gimme a budget and watch me hack it!
Gimme a beat and I'll show you how to jack it!
I give the rich a giant tax loophole
I leave the poor living in a poophole
At a time when AIDS is in a crisis
I cut health care and I raise prices
Sales tax, snack tax, excise tax
Information attack with a newspaper tax
Hit the pocket books of working families
Increase tuition at the universities
Some day I'll command all o' you
Even your kids are gonna pray to me in school
Soon I'm gonna be the president
You might remember the last one this state sent
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
I'm so proud to know the Great Communicator
Wanna be known as the Great Incarcerator
I'll blow environmentalists away
And I'll be the führer some day
I'll keep cuttin' Public Education
Even though we rank 45th in the nation
I've got a plan for all the minorities
I'll send 'em to the California Youth Authority
From San Francisco Urban Elementary
To Pelican Bay State Penitentiary
There they can work for the master race
And always wear a happy face
Close your eyes, it can't happen here
Big Brother in a squad car's comin' near
Come and join the surf and the sun
And keep California number one!
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
Now it's 1992
Knock knock at your front door, yo guess who?!
It's the suede denim secret police
They've come to your house for your longhaired niece
Gonna send her off to a camp
Cause she's been accused of growing hemp
Don't worry it's only a shower
And now for your clothes here's a pretty flower
Gonna die on malathion gas
The serpent's egg has already been hatched
People starvin' and livin' in the streets
Because they tried to mess with me President Pete
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles
California über alles