Dead Kennedys - Stars And Stripes Of Corruption Lyrics






Finally got to Washington in the middle of the night
I couldn't wait
I headed straight for the Capitol Mall
My heart began to pound
Yahoo! It really exists
The American International Pictures logo

I looked up at that Capitol Building
Couldn't help but wonder why
I felt like saying "Hello, old friend"

Walked up the hill to touch it
Then I unzipped my pants
And pissed on it when nobody was looking

Like a great eternal Klansman
With his two flashing red eyes
Turn around he's always watching
The Washington monument pricks the sky
With flags like pubic hair ringed 'round the bottom

The symbols of our heritage
Lit up proudly in the night
Somehow fits to see the homeless people
Passed out on the lawn

So this is where it happens
The power games and bribes
All lobbying for a piece of ass

Of the stars and stripes of corruption
Makes me feel so ashamed
To be an American
When we're too stuck up to learn from our mistakes
Trying to start another Viet Nam
Whilke fiddling while Rome burns at home
The Boss says, "You're laid off. Blame the Japanese"
"America's back," alright
At the game it plays the worst
Strip mining the world like a slave plantation

No wonder others hate us
And the Hitlers we handpick
To bleed their people dry
For our evil empire

The drug we're fed
To make us like it
Is God and country with a band

People we know who should know better
Howl, "America rules. Let's go to war!"
Business scams are what's worth dying for

Are the Soviets our worst enemy?
We're destroying ourselves instead
Who cares about our civil rights
As long as I get paid?

The blind Me-Generation
Doesn't care if life's a lie

so easily used, so proud to enforce

The stars and stripes of corruption
Let's bring it all down!
Tell me who's the real patriots
The Archie Bunker slobs waving flags?
Or the people with the guts to work
For some real change
Rednecks and bombs don't make us strong
We loot the world, yet we can't even feed ourselves
Our real test of strength is caring
Not the toys of war we sell the world
Just carry on, thankful to be farmed like worms
Old glory for a blanket
As you suck on your thumbs

Real freedom scares you
'Cos it means responsibility

So you chicken out and threaten me

Saying, "Love it or leave it"
I'll get beat up if I criticize it
You say you'll fight to the death
To save your worthless flag

If you want a banana republic that bad
Why don't you go move to one
But what can just one of us do?
Against all that money and power
Trying to crush us into roaches?

We don't destroy society in a day
Until we change ourselves first
From the inside out

We can start by not lying so much
And treating other people like dirt
It's easy not to base our lives
On how much we can scam

And you know
It feels good to lift that monkey off our backs

I'm thankful I live in a place
Where I can say the things I do
Without being taken out and shot
So I'm on guard against the goons
Trying to take my rights away
We've got to rise above the need for cops and laws

Let kids learn communication
Instead of schools pushing competition
How about more art and theater instead of sports?

People will always do drugs
Let's legalize them
Crime drops when the mob can't price them
Budget's in the red?
Let's tax religion

No one will do it for us
We'll just have to fix ourselves
Honesty ain't all that hard
Just put Rambo back inside your pants
Causing trouble for the system is much more fun

Thank you for the toilet paper
But your flag is meaningless to me
Look around, we're all people
Who needs countries anyway?

Our land, I love it too
I think I love it more than you
I care enough to fight

The stars and stripes of corruption
Let's bring it all down!
If we don't try
If we just lie
If we can't find
A way to do it better than this
Who will?





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  1. C.... V....

    Do more of these! Maybe The Press Corps from Anti Flag.

  2. J.... C....

    The video is so good up until the bridge if you can't see it's both sides then you can't see. Fuck Bernie Sanders

  3. B.... G....

    “A little rebellion is good sound health for government.”
    —-Thomas Jefferson 1778

  4. D.... B....

    *God & country with a bang

  5. c.... ....

    Funny you show Trump with war in the background, he's the only one who has pulled troops out of warzones and been attacked for being anti war....LOL

    c.... ....

    L M A O this comment didnt age well

    c.... ....

    A2Z83, How so? Trump hasn't started any wars. Seems you're salivating all ready for war. Also, you anti war guys have been MIA since 2008, I really missed you!

  6. B.... B....

    Commie motherfuckers! Condemned forever and ever! Let Trump cut down that scum! Now!

  7. S.... d....

    Trump=Hitler,brexit=Hitler, populism=Hitler,christianity=hitler,israel=hitler,right Of center=Hitler,being white=,Hitler,you=Hitler etc etc etc (sorry about the capital H, it's automated i guess)

  8. K.... J....

    Fucking Awesome Mate

  9. J.... P....

    Its funny how backwards dk had it.

  10. t.... 1....

    I dedicate this one to Hillary

  11. E.... ....

    Are we sure this wasn't made in 2018?

  12. F.... H....

    The blood on Karl Marx's hands makes the Nazi holocaust look like a little girls tea party.

  13. c.... ....

    FUCK ANTIFA .I.

  14. d.... b....

    Dead Kennedys are awesome... and so is Trump. The Clintons, Obama, the media and the military industrial complex are way more corrupt. Fuck the deep state. fuck the global banking cartels

    d.... b....

    kek he put bernie sanders in the video... brainwashed liberal. 1 bird 2 wings same shit...

  15. j.... c....

    Problem is America does not have any viable economy rather than war economy = military industrial complex. People are looking into left and right but the answer is easy - america does not have the export that is required to keep those 300+ million people functioning.

  16. y.... b....

    The irony of showing antifa ruined the whole video, don't stand against corruption on one side and then support antifa being the literal definition of fascist. what a joke

  17. F.... N....

    Apparently im old enough to pay taxes to line or governor and senators pockets so they can dick around and not do anything but not old enough to buy a pack of smokes to take the edge off now. FUCK OFF!

  18. b.... h....

    great and real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  19. g.... k....

    This has to be one of the greatest videos created. Thanks to the maker 😂👍🏻

  20. A.... D....

    2019...

  21. T.... B....

    It should be Obama, Clinton and other Democrats in the video. But what else can you expect from a FAGGOT liberal-leftist like Jello? Wattie Buchan was right in calling him a FAGGOT.

  22. s.... ....

    a bunch of right wing white nationalist daily stormer /pol 4chan Neo-Nazis have found their way to this video, and you comrades aren't doing anything to stop them? Common we gotta fight these jerks!

  23. T.... S....

    To bad they waited until Trump 45 to revise this song during the admin of a president who actually cares about this nation and its people . Instead of the last One , The Closet Muslim who basically sold us out to the highest bidders with the help of the Clintons.

  24. P.... ....

    No fascists or commies

  25. K.... W....

    Reality remains more frightening than fiction. Fuck.

  26. j.... s....

    fuck you for imposing your thoughts about today onto this song, really fucking dont like that, shit.

    j.... s....

    ahahaha is that meant to be satire?

  27. F.... F....

    It's "With a bang," not "with a band." Good job, though.

  28. C.... C....

    Lol.... you really should research the violence you are showing. Reversing this video would actually be closer. California Uber alles

  29. d.... t....

    These posts? Are you all kidding? What a bunch of little winer soybpy pussies. Yeah Trump is Hitler. Doesn’t that diminish all of the horror committed by Hitler and the Nazis? Do you know anything about history? Nope, only listened to other Marxists to get your information. I’d bet the guy that put this video trash together is a Antifa soyboy bitch. A bitch that thinks he should have everything that everyone else has, without any effort. This video is a perfect example of bullshit effort.

  30. R.... A....

    I can't imagine how huge amount of balls was needed for this song or album to be published...

    R.... A....

    try doing a song like that today you'll get white nationalists tracking you down and the soccer moms will call the cops on you!

    R.... A....

    @soundeagle That's exactly what happened!!!! They used the H.R. Giger poster that came with the Frankenchrist album as an excuse to go after Dead Kennedys. Tipper gore and the PMRC. Look it all up...

  31. P.... R....

    picture of brazil

  32. T.... F....

    YYEAH!!!

  33. H.... L....

    I’m here after they just sold more weapons to saudi arabia

  34. l.... ....

    "The drug we're fed to make us like it is God and country with a *bang*", not band.

    l.... ....

    I Know, can I be allowed one typo!

    l.... ....

    @Thomas J. Foley : NEVER! YOU MUST BE PERFECT AT ALL TIMES!
    Sorry, it wasn't really about correcting you; I just wanted people learning the lyrics to have the right ones.

    l.... ....

    Cheers!

  35. M.... M....

    Both those Archie slobs and all you people who feel so much better than those droolers are all equal and necessary for democracy. Liking democracy means accepting ideas you disagree with. If you don't accept things you agitate against as valid ideas, you might be a facist. FOAD

  36. T.... ....

    Wow Trump derangement syndrome is a real thing

  37. R.... M....

    President Trump IS the Resistance! He's fighting the NWO Globalist Bush-Clinton-Obama Crime Syndicate and LibNazi Socialist fascists, to keep this country free and sovereign. WAKE UP!

  38. p.... ....

    trump the best president

    p.... ....

    paulo297 you dumb

    p.... ....

    For white nationalists, supremacists, neo nazis, and capitalist overlords over all others.

    p.... ....

    @Admiral Dik-Dik Even though White nationalists and neo nazis hate trump. Because he has hasn't done anything for them. Richard spencer an Alt-righter has slammed trump for being against his ideologies. Also fuck commies. fuck bernie, fuck hillary, fuck the democrat party and the republican party, you'e all gay as fuck

  39. S.... M....

    Destroy 🐷rump his pig family & all those dirty republiKKKan politicians & followers !🔨

  40. d.... ....

    67 Nazi Trumps can fuck off. Anyone supporting him as far back as Charlottesville is dead to me for life.

  41. d.... ....

    Lauguing my ass off by the choice of video clips with the summary of the report having come out.

  42. r.... ....

    Fucking awesome video thank you! FrankenChrist the whole album was so prophetic.

  43. E.... C....

    Jello Biafra predicted the future yet again

  44. S.... K....

    How do right wing nuts even find their ways to a DK's video? :D

    S.... K....

    you poor silly leftard

    S.... K....

    Sean Kenney Dunning Kruger and gaslighting, plain and simple.

  45. s.... o....

    to the moron who made this dribble, you have the wrong party and the wrong song dick head

  46. C.... G....

    Back to YouTube

  47. f.... g....

    Ha!!!! Great song.saw them live many times,I voted for TRUMP as well..Suck IT!!!!!!!!!!!

    f.... g....

    Ha!!! As the Dead Kennedys put it in 1981, "Nazi Punks, Fuck Off!!!".

  48. S.... C....

    This song was relevant from the day pen was put to paper. A song can change the way a person think's about a perticular subject matter, but can it change the way the economy is run? No!
    Can it change the way a President or Politician think's? No!
    Will it stop injustice towards people? No!
    But does that mean that we should accept decision's made by these so called people put into high position's of authority? Again No!
    I don't believe that there is anything called a "Peaceful Protest" As just like politics there is always an Opposition. But Yes, we as individuals can make a difference & choose between what we feel is right. I unfortunately don't believe that someone is going to step up to the podium & make some enlightened speech & change all the wrong's on our already fragile planet. The best now that we can hope for is that our children will see the errors of our way & grow up with a better understanding of what has gone wrong in this world. But with every new generation there will always be the same conflict, because no one has the right answer & no one knows the right question. Mabey if we went the way of the dinosaurs, maybe just maybe we can start all over again!.

  49. 8.... ....

    To all the reactionary crypto-right wingers Biafra would tell you to go fuck yourself and has.

    Rehashing talking points from 2016 is so original.

    That's why your political movement died in the middle of 2018 because people can only listen to double speak for so long.

    That's why you only exist in the dark corners of the internet like flat earthers.

  50. S.... D....

    Good gawd what a band. Lucky to’ve seen em in their prime in SF a few times. Timeless, thrilling. Top notch musicians

    S.... D....

    wow lucky

  51. I.... ....

    Obama killed a lot of innocent people with his attacks in Afghanistan

    I.... ....

    Who said anything about Obama, WAKE UP AND SEE THE SHIT THAT TRUMP IS CAUSING!

    I.... ....

    jello did a song about obama. go somewhere else and listen to that one and live in the past. this one is still relevent.

  52. I.... ....

    I must disagree. The video does not fit the lyrics. You can say alot abot Trump but he hasn't started any wars.

    I.... ....

    Isismusicnow Trump killed Heather Heyer and had his own Benghazzi in Niger and is the American equivalent of ISIS like you and has waged war against anyone who isn’t a white male republican born on 3rd base. Sit the fuck down and stfu nazi racist punk.

  53. P.... B....

    We need a band like this now!

    P.... B....

    No label would back them without 'mysteriously' going bankrupt.

  54. d.... d....

    I don't like Trump but it's so fucked up to compare him or anyone with someone who killed and tortured millions of people

  55. r.... ....

    now make one for Dead Kennedy's California uber alles

  56. K.... H....

    Lol. Some people should probably watch the videos of Jello trashing Obama before they decide what side he is on. MAGA.

    K.... H....

    yeah I'm sure the dude selling Nazi Trump Fuck Off shirts is about to buy himself a MAGA hat

    K.... H....

    Any Maga should go fucking hang themselves

    K.... H....

    Jello knows the truth; The neocons have been in power since the coup of September 11, 2001

    K.... H....

    PNAC DUMBFUCK. You now what’s Great? When I see dumb fuck Trump supporters in real life I’m confrontational with them so I’m not hiding behind my computer screen so if you want to meet up so I can beat your fucking ass wecan meet up either that or go hang yourself

    K.... H....

    @rikbrown such a tolarant person you are

  57. C.... C....

    Just like RATM the Dead Kennedy's music will always be relevant - as long as this world is run by "elite" it will always be HELL ON EARTH!!

    C.... C....

    Hell on earth , Oh Bullshit . Less Starvation , More people Sharing the Wealth then ever before in history . actually it is the best time to be alive the human race has ever had . Stop Painting up such a Fake Nightmare.

    C.... C....

    chris cameron RATM was the Dead Kennedys and The Clash of the 90’s. ✊

    C.... C....

    Hell on earth my ass ! less starvation and privation than any other time in human history . you spoiled ignorant baffoons.

    C.... C....

    listen to slick tommy. everything is fine. you are happy.

    C.... C....

    @Tom Slick go and tell that to all the children whose parents we've killed, all the children dying of starvation or dehydration or lack of basic medicine, all the people in countries that we've held coups in to further US global dominance. 20 million people die every year from very preventable situations, so capitalism is reaching the top end of the death toll of communism every five years, so you can take your bullshit and shove it you spoiled fuck. you have it good at the suffering of thousands and you don't even give a shit about them.

  58. f.... h....

    At 4:05...a fucker in a suit Kicks asses? Well i wish it would had happend to me, not to the others...
    Cause i'm so freakin angry...because of theyre system that treats humans and the whole environment like unimportant shit. Und then they would feel the canalised anger of over 30 years shitty treatment. Fuck off! No Future! For Them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So angry right now!!!!!

  59. J.... N....

    My newest anti-Trump song (and probably my best)!
    NO MORE WAR - https://youtu.be/ekXG6_MNAEQ .
    #MakeNoMoreWarGoVIRAL
    If you're not a fan of Trump I'm certain you will LOVE THIS and I'd love for you to share it .#MakeNoMoreWarGoVIRAL and enjoy it (and turn it loud!) If you are a Trumpling (Trump fan) you'll hate this as much as the anti-Trumpites love it!
    Included: speeches by Trump, Nixon, GW Bush, Putin

    #MakeNoMoreWarGoVIRAL

    NO MORE WAR
    https://youtu.be/ekXG6_MNAEQ
    Words and Music written by james ness
    Video creation and concept, vocals, instruments by james ness
    GENRE : Rock, some rap

    Any sharing you can do for this would be great, spread the word.
    And... The entire video and music was created and recorded on SAMSUNG TABLET! I hope you love it and if you're one of those who agrees with the message, please spread the video and share #MakeNoMoreWarGoVIRAL & don't forget to subscribe, new content added regularly). Peace!

  60. S.... ....

    Sure as hell describes the Establishment Obama (East German Style) DEEP STATE at work!
    For those who don't like what America Represents ... Leave ... Try the Socialist Haven of Venezuela out ... now ... that's a nice place.

    S.... ....

    lol, i love how the lyrics in this song directly address people like you. So either you did not actually listen to the song or you dont understand irony.

  61. M.... T....

    Ha its funny these retards think donalds is corrupt as obama

  62. M.... H....

    Hillary and Bernie are the real commies. Not trump

    M.... H....

    @Thomas J. Foley you should look up globalism its worse and what Trump is destroying. People blaming Trump for the Bush, Obama past is stupid.

    M.... H....

    @Thea Pires-Foley Wtf you talking about

    M.... H....

    @Thea Pires-Foley anyways the more haters the better. If everyone liked trump I wouldn't like him, that's for sure

    M.... H....

    I'm calling you out on your kkk = Democrats remark, which as everyone knows, including the kkk, is utter bullshit.The Dixiecrats died a long time ago and all of the kkk, white supremacist groups and neo fascists became republicans. Your talking points have been falsely repeated over and over again by Fox News with the intent to confuse and mislead. That's why David Duke is a Republican. You can pretend that you don't know what I'm talking about. No one is buying your lying nonsense.

    M.... H....

    Where we do agree is that corporate global rule is wrong. Where you are wrong is that you think fascist/nationalist agendas are acceptable alternatives to corporate globalization. And, if you think trump wouldn't sell out the U.S.A.for his own profit and personal glory, you are delusional. If trump thought he could benefit, he'd turn into a globalist in a split second.

  63. S.... M....

    Wow, 30 years and things are exponentially worse.

  64. G.... S....

    As much as I dislike President Trump, and eagle/hawk freaking out in front of him is not is fault. Nor the eagle. We can do better

  65. F.... S....

    #WALKAWAY

  66. J.... S....

    Ironic the progressive left attaching themselves to the Dead Ks.  Listen to Holiday in Cambodia, it does nothing but trash the progressive left as the Marxists they really are.

    J.... S....

    ...and "Nazi Punks Fuck Off!" is a Pro-Nazi song

    J.... S....

    J S “ironic”. You and Alanis need a dictionary.

    J.... S....

    J S “DURR!NAZIS ARENT FASCIST!ANTI FASCISTS ARE NAZI FASCISTS!DURR DERP!”

    J.... S....

    J S it’s about liberals, not actual leftists.

  67. J.... G....

    good video though.... Jello was an ankarist, not speaking for him.

  68. J.... G....

    I have been listening to DK since 1978 and your video is completely wrong. Jello was against the progressives/communist, that is what broke the group up in the 80s!

    J.... G....

    Jello Biafra was and still is an anarchist. Anarchism is far L e f t . As an anarchist, he hates totalitarian communism and liberalism (note: NOT a left wing ideology). And the band didn't break up for this inexistent reason... Dude you never were a real fan of this band. You are a poser who just likes the music. But at least don't be ignorant on their actual political messaging ffs...

  69. 4.... ....

    Every 12 minutes America is dropping bombs. It was bad before but this trend needs to stop.

  70. D.... M....

    weird X2, my best friend when i was a kid was named tom foley, and did u make this? its pure fucking brillent

    D.... M....

    Yes, I pieced it together from bits 'n' pieces found on the internet.

    D.... M....

    its a masterpiece pal.

  71. L.... 0....

    This is america

  72. T.... ....

    Too bad Jello Briafra is a statist who supports collectivist policies. Lost all respect for him after he endorsed that bald guy everybody likes.

    T.... ....

    Statist =/= collectivist btw. The song was against mindless patriotism, not compassionate community support. Yes fuck the government, but also community is what separates humans from the animals and is kinda necessary for prosperity and liberty.

  73. A.... D....

    Punk never lies.......

  74. J.... F....

    Stop the panic, Trump is pretty fucking far from Hitler. You're actually belitteling WW2, noone is being persecuted or put in jail.

  75. t.... ....

    TRUMP 4 PRESIDENT 2020!

  76. M.... S....

    Drumpfff is like literally a *NAZI* !!! >:(

    M.... S....

    No you'll find out it's the leftists

  77. T.... P....

    "real freedom scares you, 'cause it means responsibility"
    what a weird political landscape we are in, when it's the supposed fascists who believe in freedom (free speech, autonomy of self, etc) more than the left wingers who historically fought for all those things.

  78. D.... ....

    DONALD TRUMP IS ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT

    D.... ....

    Donald Trump is Anti-Anything that is NOT Him, Than includes You - IDIOT.

  79. R.... Z....

    This never gets old. I grew up on this. Happened to want to listen to to it righnow. Anyway then I re played it for my 12 yr. Old daughter. She liked it, saidwas a long song with lot to take in and lots of information to learn from.

    R.... Z....

    I understand that I’m a year late, but my dad did the same for me, and now I’m addicted to Dead Kennedys.

  80. X.... N....

    Nobel Price in Peace for Jello Biafra, now!

  81. D.... J....

    All Bernie wanted to do was make weed legal and give us guns.

  82. m.... l....

    whoever made this video knows absolutely nothing about politics and freedom!

  83. P.... G....

    I cum in my pants . This video and tune should be on news at ten. ( fucking cnn news at home time for you American fuckers. Whatever. I love yanks, tho I take each one of the bastards individually) xx DEAD KENNEDYS

  84. R.... ....

    Jello is a fucking Liar and a Cockhead

  85. D.... R....

    I saw these at the pier hotel Frankston on my 21st never forget, Deano.

  86. R.... M....

    FUCK OFF AND DIE, Orange Orangutan !

  87. N.... B....

    Exsept Hillary is the NWO puppet Fucked either way?

  88. d.... ....

    A+ good youtubing. Check out my channel, you will like it

  89. S.... ....

    i'm just waiting for a good assassination. this shitty country hasn't had one since Kennedy. Come on CIA government people, whats the point of wasting good money on your killing training if you're not gonna use it? fuck, give me a m110 sniper rifle and i'll do it as long as the government got someone else to take the blame. HAIL HYDRA! or COBRA!

  90. A.... D....

    Trump 2020

  91. t.... E....

    We're doomed no matter who's in office as long as we fight against each other.

  92. J.... E....

    Fuck yeah, its like this everywhere now....just look at my country, Norway ... the goverment fuck us all.

  93. D.... F....

    fucking right

  94. N.... #....

    this was relevant when obummer was in office

    N.... #....

    Ray McCormick This coming from one of the same idiots surely standing there with the Yes We Can!! Obama cult that looked straight out of Nuremberg. Make no mistake Trump was elected as a direct result of Marxist left wing identity politics SCUM like you the country had more than enough of

    N.... #....

    Don't tell me you believe these mindless liberals are marxists. Actually its worse if the liberals themselves believe they are marxist...nevermind.

    N.... #....

    Wait Obama was a marxist?! Are you guys for real? The Democrats have been neo-liberals for ages.

    N.... #....

    Hi, Archie Bunker!

    N.... #....

    Obama was a Marxist which is why he cut taxes for the rich, bailed out the banks and reduced welfare spending. Hmm...
    Also, nice whataboutism. The only thing conservatives hate about Obama was that he was black. You guys should love Obama because he's the one thing Bush and Trump are not: A competent, well orated defender of the neoconservative doctrine. He loved bombing, deporting, criminalising and genociding, which is what you chuds adore!

  95. N.... #....

    crooked hillary

  96. T.... O....

    0:08 is that really what I’m thinking is

  97. L.... S....

    Hei i think you beter get your facrs right ,Trump is cleaning out all the corupt elite globalists .But outherwise i love it.

    L.... S....

    Larsa Soligard are you sure? This smucks are puppets to the master wake the fuck up this greedy, pedohile, cult are afraid that people are waking up from piece a shit who are in the office

    L.... S....

    Globalists is just a replacement word for jews. Imagine why most of those anti globalist videos are filled with anti Semites. Anti globalist movement is no better than the Nazi's

    L.... S....

    Trump just referred ti himself as more elite than the liberal elite, like the term was a compliment haha.

  98. A.... K....

    the best !!!I am Slovinian