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American Dream
Switchfoot

When success is equated with excess
The ambition for excess wrecks us
When top of the mind becomes the bottom line
When success is equated with excess

If you’re time ain’t be nothing for money
I start to feel really bad for you honey
Maybe honey put you’re money where your mouth’s been running
If you’re time ain’t be nothing but money

I want out of this machine
It doesn’t feel like freedom

This ain’t my American dream
I want to live and die for bigger things
I’m tired of fighting for just me
This ain't my American dream

When success is equated with excess
When we’re fighting for the beamer, the lexus
As the heart and soul breathing the company goals
Where success is equated with excess

I want out of this machine
It doesn’t feel like freedom

This ain’t my American dream
I want to live and die for bigger things
I’m tired of fighting for just me
This ain't my American dream

Cause baby’s always talkin ‘bout a ring
And talk has always been the cheapest thing
Is it true would you do what I want you to
If I show up with the right amount of bling?

Like a puppet on a monetary string
Maybe we’ve been caught singing
red, white, blue, and green
But that ain’t my America,
That ain’t my American dream

i don't know about y'all, but i want to make my life worth something, i want to get married, have as many kids as the Lord will give us, i want to have a house that's just the rights size to bless others, and my family. not really sure about the dog or the white picket fence, those would be nice but not necessary. like switchfoot says, "i wanna live and die for bigger things." when i die, i want people to say "man. . . that guy was totally sold-out, on-fiya, CRAZY for his Savior!" not "man. . . that guy had a really nice house." i want to be a great daddy, husband, leader, follower, christian, servant, brother, son, friend. i want to go the opposite way, and be willing to loose it all for God.

Ky