ey, THE MAN has been oppressing, supressing, DEPRESSING, and transgressing against people for thousands of years....somebody's gotta stand up to'm..it's better you sing about it than go try & burn the white house down..although, you're right, for your band's ENTIRE lyrical content to be focused on government bashing is a tad bit one dimensional and can get verrry boring to listen to
we always tend to look down on the government maybe cuz we only think about the bad things it does, but we gotta look on the bright side too. think about all the services and things the government has provided: schooling, police, firefighting, and most importantly, allowing us to proclaim the good news.
you're right. it could be like china up in here. in china, everything we talk about here we'd be KILLED for. no question. the american government is a wreck, but it serves a purpose and it stays "placed in it's relative position" for good reason. one of a few, like you mentioned, is us being able to preach.