American Ride Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jrr45 

Cover art for American Ride lyrics by Toby Keith

This song says alot about the flaws currently plaguing our country, but I can't help but note the dichotomy in the lyrics of this song compared to his previous work. I feel like music should be from the heart and not something that is created to correlate with the current economic and political times (at least not by a single artist). Even though I do agree with much of what he is saying, the validity behind it is meaningless written by someone who not too long ago sung about patriotism. You are a great artist Toby, but enough with the sardonic undertones and pick a side.

But he has, this song isn't unpatriotic it's just pointing out reality.

Small businnesses and farms are being destroyed by big corporations. Todays youth are so damn guible and stupid that even if something contains a "DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS AT HOME" some kid somwhere will attempt it. Celebs in catfights get so much media attention it's un believable and every time they're on TV they get richer and richer and richer.

Ozone is being destroyed but most corps don't wanna go green cause it's just not cost effective. The wage and salary of your average worker is...