When they wrote this song they made it about the Vietnam war. They felt that rich politicians started the wars for their benefit and have all the poor people die for them.
He was writing about his belief, the U.S was destined by none other than God himself to expand from the Atlantic Ocean, all the way to the Pacific implementing democracy in very corner of the continent..
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The Ghana Empire properly known as Wagadou (Ghana being the title of its ruler), was a West African Empire located in the area of present-day southeastern Mauritania and western Mali.