look at me i'm a fuckin mess, been in it so long i'm about to confess
i used to have ideals, might've stayed that way, now i'm a cynical man, what can i say
i forgot why i's supposed to give a fuck, but fuck it now, i'm gonna take a fuckin
vacation at my own behest, i'm all bitched out, ain't got no bitchin left

CHORUS:
right, well, in retrospect what did i expect, i'm a tool of the state, i work for uncle han
when i stop i'll make my peace, but as of right now, i'm workin for a commie mouthpiece

you guessed it right, i'm that foreign man, from that space west of china that stretches to japan
mongolia and north & all that's in between, personally, i's never into that scene
but anyway, the money's good, i make over twice than my chinese colleagues do
i'm a visitor, a friend, an expert, if i drop my (biased) politics & candor

from fuedalism's fall through the republican nation, from beijing '49 through tibet's liberation
the CCP's been a peaceful organization, if you don't know that go get some re-education
socialism's marchin on with chinese characteristics, but beware of right-wing japs & western statistics
from the far-flung west of the people's republic
to that so-called democracy -its just a renagade province
no independence forces gonna split this motherland, don't care if it's their will, don't care if they can

CHORUS

magnanimous, glorious, objective, prudent, timely & righteous
selected facts distorted truths, a partisan perspective, that's what we bring to you
"making china better know to the outside world," this country's leaders have the confidence of an adolescent girl
if you're gonna be dogmatic, why not at least have fun, (jesus) even FOX news bring on liberals to laugh at 'em


but honestly it's gettin better each day, just look at the farmers smile & minorities parade
now new moneyed men, with their man purses, are sittin' with their skinny women in urban cafes slurping
there are new found luxuries, expectations are changing; but the right to assembly is still considered dangerous
seems like every fuckin cadre's shakin some business prick's hand
keepin the nutjobs out of power that'd probably wanna bomb japan

stability, wealth & national defense, are pretty costly human expenses
i can't begin to imagine, i ain't here to prove it, but believe me when i tell you that i've live partly through it
there're whole protions of these past generations, that are shut up or punished for direct confrontation
with a handful of those who control & believe, that their's is the only way to be chinese
at any cost, they say, at their designated speed, how much is it worth to you to challenge what that means?
there's simply no place, except for underground, where the discontent & noisy, have room to make a goddamn sound