(didn’t know i was) unamerican by ian rhett

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v .I.

Didn’t know I was unamerican
For Choosing to give a damn
Or Unpatriotic
For daring to take a stand
For What I believe in
Looks Like Freedom to me
Expressions of Liberty
Wanting Our America to be
A responsible Hegemony

v .II.

Didn’t know I was a communist
For wanting to share the wealth
It doesn’t take an economist
To measure the cost of health
And What I believe in
Looks Like Heaven to me
One human Family
Where everybody’s got enough to eat
And something warm to cover their feet

v .III.

Didn’t know I’d be labeled a terrorist
For daring to speak my mind
It’s becoming more precarious
For failing to toe the line
And What I believe in
Sounds Like Freedom to me
Like the sons of liberty
In 1773
Dumping 45 tonnes of tea

v .IV.

Didn’t know I was in the minority
Of people who love the earth
I hope it becomes a priority
Before it gets any worse
And What I believe in
Looks like heaven to me
Where angels take the shape of the trees
Giving us clean air to breathe
From the rivers to the mountains and seas…

v .V.

Didn’t know I hated the country
For acknowledging the truth
This war is despicable profiteering
At the expense of our youth
And What I believe in
Looks like Heaven to me
With all of humanity
Living as community
In relative harmony

Denoument

I know it’s just a song
But if the whole world sang along
How much longer would it
Be
This
Way
?

about: “unamerican”
Of my first batch of songs (I only started singing and songwriting this year), this was the first to be recorded. I chose to record and develop “Unamerican” because I was passionate about what’s going on in the world and wanted to make a contribution. And a statement. And even though it’s just a song, the feedback I’m getting is making a difference in people’s lives, and thus in the world. To quote a certain someone…”Mission Accomplished”. Except this time, it’s true.

My first public performance was at an event called “Activ8″ on June 19, 2004 at the Cell Space in San Francisco. I sang one song - “Unamerican”.

A month later, I was onstage at the Kucinich campaign wrap party at the DNC, singing many of my other (as yet unrecorded) songs. I performed “Unamerican” at the end of the night, for all intents and purposes being the finale to the campign.

Pretty much every day since getting back from Boston, I’ve been working on the Flash movie.

Go to the site and view the movie.