The American Way - Holy Musical B@man - Starkid

Lyrics:
Superman:
Truth and liberty and justice all are in jeopardy tonight.
All we cherish here, and all the values that we hold dear
Are in the balance tonight.
But we're American, and it's America, and in America
We do what's right.
The firetruck's here for the kitty in the tree,
Superman and Citizens
Oh the American way!
Superman:
And if the cops can't come, you can always call on me.
Superman and Citizens:
That's the American way!
Superman:
Because I can, therefore I will.
Batman:
Tonight it's personal, I'm unleashing my arsenal
To rain blood tonight.
Tonight I'm gonna save my bro
And if all of Gotham has got to go
Then so be it.
Cause it's America, and I'm American, and in America
I do what I like.
If money can't fix it than I haven't found it yet.
Citizens:
Oh the American way!
Batman:
Be a born billionaire and have your butler build a jet.
Citizens:
That's the American way!
Batman:
Because I can, save my friend, I have no parents,
I'm my own boss man.
Sweet Tooth:
Tonight we're taking back the town
We've got a bat trap set we're gonna catch the clown
In Gotham tonight.
We've got a warhead ready in the water supply
Tonight The Bat and his bull won't fly
So Gotham goodnight!
Cause it's America, and we're American, and in America
We fight!
Never gonna win 'til your enemies are dead
Sweet Tooth and Rogues:
Oh the American way!
Sweet Tooth:
Spreading dread and blowing up their heads.
Sweet Tooth and Rogues:
That's the American way!
Sweet Tooth:
Because I candy do as I please, I'm spreading chocolate
On Gotham's cheese.
Superman:
The letter of the law is a capital "S."
Citizens:
Oh the American way!
Citizen:
We're all just pawns in a fuckin' game of chess.
Citizens:
That's the American way!
Two Face:
A briefcase filled with two dollar bills.
Citizens:
Oh the American way!
Batman:
Inheritance trust funds, million dollar bills.
Citizens:
Oh the American
Not quite Canadian
Most of us are Mexican
American way!
I own nothing in this video!

[@leakinbrolly2379]

The most realistic thing here is that each charcter has a different idea of what 'the American Way' is. Or, they seem to align 'the American Way' with 'My Way.'

[@jacobburt1523]

Superman=Obama, Batman=Romney and Sweet Tooth=Trump

[@michaelcrozier8322]

jacob burt we're all fucked

[@ashtuatara]

Lupin sure had one good "How to sing" book.

[@wriggleby]

👏 I love Brian

[@bisexualbestie4351]

maybe big D taught him

[@lilahballiet3883]

Rumor has it, if you listen closely, you can actively hear Jeff Blim losing his mind in his part of this song.

[@breadddie]

vine LoverTM if you listen closely to anything jeff does you can hear him losing his mind

[@Quirderph]

@@breadddie I'm pretty sure he lost it during the rehearsals at the very latest and hasn't looked back since, lol.

[@katiec.5574]

Sweet Tooth wasn't made for Holy Musical B@man, Holy Musical B@man was made for Sweet Tooth (also known as Jeff Blim's insanity)

[@newsiesforever208]

@@seancasey6472 That wasn't Jack Bauer saying that, that was Jeff Blim saying that. Are we making Jeff Blim the Starkid equivalent of Shaggy?

[@hawktalon7890]

@@newsiesforever208 We sure are.

[@karinasuffle5732]

"We could have been friends Batman, but let it be known this is what happens when you don't return people's PHONE CALLS!!" XD It gets me all the time. Almost reminds me of Umbridge and her texts.

[@MoonyFBM]

Oh my god, yeS! 😂

[@JoeSmith-db4rq]

Meredith's delivery of "we're all just pawns in an f-ing game of chess" might be the best delivered line of all time XD and then they really had to hit us with the $2 briefcase line right after too I AM WEEPINGGGG

[@Charizard100000357]

A Briefcase full of TWO DOLLAR BILLS

[@LoveMuffins_5953]

Oh, the American way!

[@lydiawilliams4098]

jeff blim's voice is so creepy in this but soo good!

[@mimi3570]

Compared to the hatchetfield universe this wasn't so bad right?

[@JuliaSanJuan349]

@@mimi3570 yeah especially the Nightmare time ones

[@everlasting9292]

In case anyone was wondering...the fire department will not come for your kitty stuck in a tree. My mom tried it once.

[@Draztikus]

Kathy lost her cat in a tree Contact fire, not the HFPD 'Cause we're cops Yeah, we're cops Her cat is dead!

[@heathertdi2941]

@@Draztikus Kathy didn't call Superman, did she?

[@HalfbloodPrincess7HP]

We're all just pawns in a f*cking game of chess!! Gets me every time. xD

[@shinyminunthetheatregeek2036]

Because it's true :(

[@NyxieLove22]

It's just how it's said I think

[@viperv6768]

It seriously throws me off when they say different lines then from the youtube version

[@emmab4587]

Viper V omg samw

[@TheMotherOfBambi]

Swee tooth and jeff are honestly so amazing

[@mladtipstip4804]

m but they’re like the same person

[@steliosstamatialis8169]

"That's the American- Not quite Canadian- Most of us are Mexican-..."

[@northernandromeda4243]

I love Brolden's voice! Especially in this song!

[@MoonyFBM]

The "American Way" = every individuals own, individual way

[@ameliahillery6769]

sweet tooth and meredith steal the show.

[@rachelthornton4442]

WE'RE ALL JUST PAWNS IN A FUCKING GAME OF CHESS

[@amyhurst236]

Doesn't sound right without Jeff's laugh he does.

[@voldemere11]

I still have no clue how Chris can make his voice sound completely autotuned but I love it!

[@heatherrockwell9012]

This sounds pretty good for an earlier Starkid soundtrack, but the lack of Jeff's "HYEAAH" in the middle of his verses makes it sadly inferior.

[@MisterAppleEsq]

"For an earlier Starkid soundtrack"?

[@fanatictastic5787]

@@MisterAppleEsq i think they mean like compared to the more recent funded ones like TGWDLM

[@JustSayNoToNutbread]

I have to agree, actually. I can barely hear the voices over the instrumentals in the soundtrack audio, but you can clearly hear the voices in the KZbin audio. After I listened to the soundtrack, I just opted to rip the audio from the videos instead and put those on a CD. It sounds so much better.

[@olivianetjes4363]

The fire trucks here for the kitty in the tree.... Kathy lost her cat in a tree...

[@tictac4063]

JEFF BLIM IS A FUCKING ICON THANK YOU GOOD NIGHT

[@serenityalec1065]

As an American, I approve this song.

[@lefttac3541]

We’re all just pawns in a fucking game of chess! That’s the American way!

[@eleanoradams2958]

Meredith though XD hahaha

[@eleanoradams2958]

That awkward moment when you have to like your own comment cause no one else will XD

[@SpockShirtleB3rri3s]

Margo Singleton You don't call attention to it! You just sit there and hope people assume that one person had the right idea, then like it.

[@StuartDJSpence]

It's like Jim Carrey's the Riddler on Cocaine.

[@Tharppedo]

Anyone else bothered they rhymed bills with bills.

[@eleanoradams2958]

yes, now that you mention it.

[@giraffe138]

Not until you mentioned it...

[@pinksunnies8361]

My Mind just exploded. I never noticed that before. Now it bothers me

[@Mia-uq4fp]

i thought the same exact thing!

[@wriggleby]

Yes

[@theaterbat]

Superman's part reminds me of Duder's a Spy....please tell me I'm not the only one.

[@eleanoradams2958]

well... I mean he did sing that song too so

[@tarynt98]

Brian: In America we do what's right! Me: Since when?

[@grayalien48]

Took me too long to actually listen to the lyrics and... This song is about capitalism and nothing will convince me otherwise

[@Scarilianvids]

Its probably for the best, this song is essentially making jokes at America due to almost all its movies,superheroes and so on being so heavily American and patriotic.

[@CABRALFAN27]

3:23 is the best bit. XD

[@a.cooper7019]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks the same!

[@NyxieLove22]

Thank you like that's all I wanted to hear in this song lol

[@reptilected4097]

“Most of us are Mexican!” Lmao

[@SonnyTubeUK]

LOLING MY HEAD OFF AT MEREDITH OMG DEAD. WE'RE ALL JUST PAWNS IN A FUCKING GAME OF CHESS!!

[@heathertdi2941]

We're all just pawns in a *FUCKING GAME OF CHESS-*

[@katieonkst8779]

I guess Gotham is a copyrighted word or something. Because they cut it from this version NUMEROUS TIMES

[@minsunkang7264]

this song was so ahead of its time oh my god

[@Leighv]

2:04 don’t mind me just time stamping this for later…

[@InfinitePunches]

R.I.P The American Way

[@Yoyoitsmeh12]

Meredith's line makes this song just so much more funny.

[@Lildudee10]

I love Jeff Blims Voice

[@Croissantsss]

That moment when an ad for lego dc superheroes comes on before this...

[@Songgirl10]

I LOVE Joe at: Tonight it's personal, I'm unleashing my arsenal he sounds awesome

[@PointsofData]

I am going to go to the Fourth of July fair this year, which usually has karaoke, and demand to sing this. If they don't have the instrumental, I will sing it acapella. I will not care if I get looks.

[@Lildudee10]

Jeff sounds as good as when hes Live!

[@bronwynrumbel456]

I love the American anthem

[@ragevanilla]

candy crush saga is sweet tooth's game :)

[@Muse041]

i love in the live they said Gotham, not America or Robin, just shows how improvising can work ;)

[@WaveJinx18813]

**eargasm** Holy song b@man!

[@PiinkyPeyed]

the villain part still freaks me out..

[@courtneylachance481]

I love their voices!

[@latautuu]

I'm not even american but this was one of the most hilarious songs on the show

[@TRGOTSVODS]

"save my *c h u m*" ??? i almost get the "gotham" changes but why "chum"?

[@StuartDJSpence]

The thing about Arsenal is, they always try to walk it in.

[@andibrimi]

this is what the boy in the Stadium of TDKR should be singing

[@Dempsjh]

“The fire trucks here for the kitty in the tree” oddly reminds me of phoebes smelly cat from friends

[@lucylovesrainbows]

I wish I actually WAS American so I could sing this at the top of my voice in the street... :)

[@DCfans22]

Best thing I have seen all day

[@DisneyMissieMouse]

2:04 i get chills every time! ANYONE ELSE?

[@CharliTheMusician]

So Lupin can sing......

[@theeviltwin6]

I prefer the live version, but both are still awesome

[@Youcantstopthebeat22]

i feel the same way!!! :) lol

[@Toadkillah]

The firetruck's here for the kitty in the tree!

[@Panthuras]

awesome. i love brian :D

[@KuteKittie62]

who else is playing this during election time whoops

[@lisettegold7040]

ayyyyy

[@eviehowlett2535]

I’ll be back in a year or so

[@KayleighIsHappy]

Oh the American Not quite Canadian Most of us are Mexican American way!

[@VMilky-dt6kr]

yeah when they mentioned Winnipeg I was like 'THATS IN MY COUNTRY" lol

[@HelloMineTurtle]

I freaking love singing along... That is until I remember I'm not american...

[@90sfanforever]

It really is. It shows all the different views and opinions of Amercians.

[@Voldemort489]

Dude, I'm Canadian, and I do that everyday anyway! :P

[@lunastarienrose5774]

Sounds like bandit Keith from Yu-Gi-Oh abridged xD

[@DeathTheHaunted]

And if the cops don't come you can always call on me!

[@TheSemukas]

Jeff is awsome, but I think that live he sounds much beter ;P

[@sarahcamino3938]

over a year, and yet to receive a single dislike! Starkids unite!

[@PointsofData]

Happy fourth of July fellow Americans. Go out into the streets and proudly shout this at the top of your lungs. B

[@MasterJediMaggie]

A briefcase filled with two dollar bills! :D

[@njb4093]

I'd say it's more like sexy on a sugar rush.

[@StuartDJSpence]

Well that's debatable.

[@luce_berries]

Ibhameashimela. (.?.?.?.) I ghave a himemna. (What?) I have a dilemma. ( I see! ) :D I sing this song but I'm not American :-/

[@tarynt98]

I'll make sure to return my phonecalls from now on!!!

[@KGeorge319]

Not quite Canadian, most of us are Mexican!!! Haha!! :)

[@KissTheDementor]

Brian can sing

[@red_widow2054]

The start sounds like what comes next from Hamilton Coincide? Possible

[@TheCobranerd]

It almost sounded like he said, "We fart!" instead of "We fight!" at 2:44

[@WonderfulLizardOfOz]

I'd rather hear a couple of laughs (the audience was surprisingly quiet during the recording) than... THIS.

[@StuartDJSpence]

Everything's debatable. :)

[@voldemere11]

It surprises me! That thing should be in negatives!

[@VMilky-dt6kr]

I'm always singing this song and everyone's like "you're not American" (I'm Canadian) and I'm like "Shut up, you dont get it" then i facepalm

[@HelloMineTurtle]

@comment below. I feel your pain bro, living in England and singing this gets you so many bad looks. Hey! Atleast you have Winnipeg!

[@sunshineforyou90]

If the cops can't come you can always call on Superman. That's the American way?

[@NoSweatMan-_-]

And they said Lupin can't sing.

[@Darkbunnyess]

Lupin is Superman

[@ukegirlzoe13]

This is what happens when you DON'T RETURN PEOPLE'S PHONE CALLS!

[@DeathTheHaunted]

Because that's in Canada!! xD

[@Tinkerbellskater]

Happy Fourth of July!

[@DoubleDangerCo]

Yeah lol.

[@QueenoDisney]

PLEASE DO!!!! And if possible take a video

[@NinjasxPwn]

Sweet Tooth's voice is definitely better live.

[@SazVlogs]

No, it's Meredith.

[@NicoStubs]

a few word differences here.Is this the original version, or is the one from the show the original?