Occupy Wall Street montage to the song "Love, That's America" by Melvin Van Peebles #OWS

Montage of youtube footage from Occupy Wall Street set to the still-revelent 1971 song Love, That's America, by Melvin Van Peebles, off of the soundtrack to Watermelon Man. Video montage by Alex Lozupone. Thanks to the rest of the 99% shooting all of the video that made this montage possible.

For more information, see my blog posting at http://dogandpanda.blogspot.com/2011/10/love-thats-america.html .. If this video ends up with problems on youtube, new links will be posted at that blog entry.

LOVE THAT'S AMERICA
Words & Music Melvin Van Peebles © Copyright 1971

EXCUSE ME BUDDY BUT
EXCUSE ME LADY BUT
YOU FOOLIN AINT YOU
WHERE CAN I BE
THIS AINT AMERICA IS IT
NAW THIS AINT AMERICA
YOU CANT FOOL ME
THIS HERES THE HOME OF THE SHERIFF
NOT THE LAND OF THE FREE
IN AMERICA FOLKS DONT RUN THROUGH THE STREETS
BLOOD STREAMING FROM WHERE THEY BEEN BEAT
AND THE PARKS ARE FOR THE PEOPLE
AND THE COPS IN THE GOOD OLD U S A
DONT THINK THEYRE SOME KINDA GODS EITHER
\NAW THIS AINT AMERICA
YOU CANT FOOL ME
IF YOU DONT SPIT THE RIGHT IMAGE
THEY JUST PULL OUT THEIR D.D.T.
IF THEY DONT LIKE THE WAY YOU LOOK
THEY JUST LAW AND ORDER AND TRICK AND TRIP
NAME AND FRAME AND BLAME
JUST LEGISLATE AND CLUB AWAY
AND JUST LAUGH LOUDER AND LOUDER
NAW THIS AINT AMERICA
YOU CANT FOOL ME
LOVE THATS AMERICA
OPEN ARMS FOR EVERY CREATURE
LOVE THATS AMERICA
OPEN ARMS TO EVERY MAN
LOVE THATS AMERICA
JOY AND PEACE AND HARMONY
LOVE THATS AMERICA
CHILDREN WITH LAUGHING EYES
LOVE THATS AMERICA
YES LOVE THATS AMERICA
LOVE THATS AMERICA
THE OLD EAGLE WEARING A GRIN
LOVE THATS AMERICA
OUR OLD EAGLE SOARING
THIS HERES THE LAND OF THE SNIPER
NOT THE HOME OF THE BRAVE
OH SAY CANT YOU SMELL ARE YOU TOO SMUG TO SEE
GREED DONE PULLED THE PLUG
YOUR DEMOCRACYS DEFROSTING
SOMETHINGS GONE ROTTEN
SMELLS LIKE JUSTICE AND LIBERTY
NAW THIS AINT AMERICA
YOU CANT FOO.L ME
EXCUSE ME BUT SERIOUSLY
WHICH WAY TO THE GOLD OLE U S A
THIS AINT NOTHING LIKE THE PLACE I WANT TO BE
NOT AS FAR AS I CAN SEE
I DONT CARE WHAT YOU SAY
HEY WHY YOU POINTING THAT THIS WAY
THIS SURE AINT AMERICA IS IT
NAW THIS AINT AMERICA
YOU CANT FOOL ME

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[tomitstube]

so the cops are protecting the people stealing their jobs, pensions, benefits, and bargaining rights, while busting the heads of the very people fighting for them.

some things never change.

[asgreenasthesky1304]

i would be honored to be arrested for protesting for this

[Ryuuken24]

Yeah, bash down those filthy hippies!! You wanna protest, you better have some heavy rocks, molotov cocktails, guns, a board with a nail in it, some grenades, you name it. There is no protest, until someone dies! Hippies don't change shit! Egypt, good example, awesome protesters. America, one guys screaming in pain because, his writs hurt for being bound too tight, boohoo. Next time, the police should shoot at them, with robber bullets, feel the system justice on your skin!

[calvinbush1]

@BrianTheSaxon ethical, ethical principles

[BrianTheSaxon]

@tomitstube Your statement flies in the face of facts, common sense and basic economic principles but yeah good luck with that.

[MrHollywood1717]

OWS is a joke. The "99%" are just as greedy except you would rather get handouts than work for your money. Earn your money, freakin hippies.

[Meowsaidthekitty]

It's just a friendly game of baseball

[TicTacDax]

I was searching for this song and found the vid by accident. Melvin Van Peebles recorded this before many of us were born, but the truth of it stands, even today. Truly sad. On the other hand, like the Civil Rights Movement, by offering our bodies in a non-violent protest, the problems that exist are illuminated for the world to see!

[mytallest1970]

Love it! Excellent song choice, good editing!

[MrThorstenHagemeier]

And again youtube is manipulating the view counter... so sad

[solo767]

wow ~ oh my god usa

這是美國嗎 0.0???

出乎我的意外~~恐怖!!!!