Looking down the street today Crime and war is all I've got to see You look around, you want to know Is it really my country? Sometimes I wonder where it went Is it in bombs they always send To killers round the world? Where's the other side Of my american dream? And still they teach that dream in school Equality from sea to shining sea You look around, you want to know Is it really my country? You see that man there on the ground Just step over or around His dreams have brought him down Where's the other side Of my american dream Where's the other side Where's the other side