21st Century Breakdown

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 Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell
 A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
 The last one born, and the first one to run
 My town was blind from refinery sun
 My generation is zero
 I never made it as a working class hero
 21st century breakdown
 I once was lost, but never was found
 I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
 To the 20th century deadline
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 I was made of poison and blood
 Condemnation is what I understood
 Video games through the towers' fall
 Homeland security could kill us all
 My generation is zero
 I never made it as a working class hero
 21st century breakdown
 I once was lost, but never was found
 I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
 To the 20th century deadline
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 We are the class of, the class of '13
 Born in the era of humility
 We are the desperate in the decline
 Raised by the bastards of 1969
 My name is no one, the long lost son
 Born on the Fourth of July
 Raised through the era of heroes and cons
 That left me for dead or alive
 I am a nation, a worker of pride (hey!)
 My debt to the status quo
 The scars on my hands and a means to an end
 It's all that I have to show
 Hey!
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 Hey!
 Hey!
 I swallowed my pride, and I choked on my faith
 I've given my heart and my soul
 I've broken my fingers and lied through my teeth
 The pillar of damage control
 I've been to the edge, and I've thrown the bouquet (hey!)
 Of flowers left over from the grave
 I've sat in the waiting room wasting my time
 And waiting for judgment day
 I praise liberty
 The freedom to obey
 Is the song that strangles me
 Well, don't cross the line
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 Oh, dream, America, dream
 I can't even sleep
 From the light's early dawn
 Oh, scream, America, scream
 Believe what you see
 From heroes and cons