I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth nBut I was born to privilege just like every white everybody else nAnd now I am beginning to see that old argument's not so convincing nBut hey hey no way, you know it wasn't me nnBecause the system is set up so the system can take all the blame nThen you and I can breath deeply and feel a little less ashamed nBecause the system took their land, it took their lives, yeah it took their pride nBut hey hey no way, you know it wasn't me nn[Chorus]nWho we gonna blame for our mistakes nTell me who we gonna blame for our mistakes nYeah who we gonna blame for our mistakes nSo we don't have to pay nnI am heiress to the burden of manifest destiny nBecause everything that I have was stolen from somebody else just for me nIf we could just stomach the truth then maybe the truth would set us free nBut hey hey no way, you know it wasn't me nn[Chorus]nnI mean no disrespect to the people who like pawns secured the empire's land nBut how can we look at cause and effect and still not understand nLet's get out of the business of pointing our fingers and throwing up our hands nYeah way, yeah way you know it was me