I went downtown And had close a call Cause it ain't funny When you cross those railroad tracks Got people cryin' And children dyin' Don't have no freedom If you're living life in debt All this time They brainwashed your mind You were raised by MTV Good Morning America All this time They brainwashed your mind You were raised by MTV God bless you america So stand up with me If you don't feel free We'll fight a real war Let our words strike down the beast And we don't need bombs We'll just sing songs About the future About the way things oughta be All this time They brainwashed your mind You were raised by MTV Good Morning America All this time They brainwashed your mind You were raised by MTV God bless you america Blisters on my fingers From playing music all the time Then I chime in with my homeboys We got freedom on our minds And if you feel the way that we do Let your people stand as one Got blisters on my fingers I've got the bad guys on the run