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The Government Totally Sucks Lyrics
The government totally sucks, you mother fucker,
The government totally sucks.
Ben Franklin was a rebel indeed,
He liked to get naked while he smoked on the weed,
He was a genious butt, if he was here today,
The government would fuck him up his righteous Aaayyy!
Now let me tell you something about the government (KG - uh huh)
They're fucking up the environment (KG - say what?)
They're taking all the fucking beautiful animals (KG - yeah?)
And making them fucking extinct (KG - oh no!)
The government totally sucks, you mother fucker,
The government totally sucks,
The government totally sucks.
Cos the land of love and freedom, is just a baby's breath away,
And if we hold hands together, we can bring back the USA
The USAAAA yeeahhh,
Bring back the USAAAA yeeeaahhh,
The fucking USAAAA yeaaahh,
Bring back the US...
Government totally sucks!
Man? - "That was amazing, you guys changed people's lives tonight!"
KG - "I know, we were so awesome!"
JB - "Yeah, it was awesome, compared to bullshit!"
The government totally sucks.
Ben Franklin was a rebel indeed,
He liked to get naked while he smoked on the weed,
He was a genious butt, if he was here today,
The government would fuck him up his righteous Aaayyy!
They're fucking up the environment (KG - say what?)
They're taking all the fucking beautiful animals (KG - yeah?)
And making them fucking extinct (KG - oh no!)
The government totally sucks, you mother fucker,
The government totally sucks,
The government totally sucks.
And if we hold hands together, we can bring back the USA
Bring back the USAAAA yeeeaahhh,
The fucking USAAAA yeaaahh,
Bring back the US...
KG - "I know, we were so awesome!"
JB - "Yeah, it was awesome, compared to bullshit!"
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This song, I believe, is a slap to all of those hollow artists out there who have found it's easy to be cool and edgy and sell lots of albums when you're constantly talking about how the government is so evil, despite the fact that they haven't truly put much thought into how to improve what's broken...aside from "impeach (insert patsy here)."
All these artists are doing nothing but cultivating a generation of youth who will rebel against anything so long as it's cool and never ever devote any of their brain-cells to independent thought.
Awesome, compared to bullshit...indeed.
To add to this, their treatment of really common aspects to political songs, like claims that the founding fathers would agree with the authors' sentiments and have a lot in common with them, are hilariously perfect. Since the author of this song happens to be Tenacious D, of course Benjamin Franklin was into getting naked and smokin weed. I almost wish they had used an even more nonspecific and uninspired issue to inaccurately represent than the environment, although it's still funny.
To add to this, their treatment of really common aspects to political songs, like claims that the founding fathers would agree with the authors' sentiments and have a lot in common with them, are hilariously perfect. Since the author of this song happens to be Tenacious D, of course Benjamin Franklin was into getting naked and smokin weed. I almost wish they had used an even more nonspecific and uninspired issue to inaccurately represent than the environment, although it's still funny.
I also like how they parody the pseduo-punk sound and then switch tracks thematically to parody excruciatingly saccharine...
I also like how they parody the pseduo-punk sound and then switch tracks thematically to parody excruciatingly saccharine patriotic ballads. Both types of songs rely on drumming up emotions around some vague political ideals or oversimplifying issues because for a lot of people seem to think just mentioning them is poignant songwriting, even if the writer fails to make a worthwhile point or if the lyrics are artistically vapid. Either case is a tried and true songwriting formula and the result is naive, insincere and meaningless drivel.
I couldn't agree more!!!
I'd say that's a pretty good idea of the song! Is this what you think, or is it an actual thing?
haha..... this songs sweet... it might not be as funny as some other D songs... but its still good
The guy titled as "man?" is named lee in the movie. Its a tribute the character lee that was on there HBO show. Jason Reed played Lee on the show and in the movie pick of destiny.
Lantern Bearer, your sentiments bring to mind the song "No Revolution" by The Explosion which talks about the constant revolution against the faceless and nameless "machine" without taking any real effort to fix problems. This song does too.
I think I missed the day in history class when we discussed how Ben Franklin smoked weed in the nude.
Lantern Bearer, you can't believe how relieving it was to read your comment, and I seriously hope that that was the intentional message.