X] Being in America doesn't make you an American Being born here in America doesn't you an American Why if birth made you an you wouldn't need any legislation You need any amendments to the Constitution I don't see any dream, I see an American nightmare I'm one of the 42 million black who are the victims of America
Aiyyo we all in now, all in together now Hard soldierin, hard truth soldier SHIT on servin 'em, cause you know we do work Mashin in my Chevy down the streets of New York, they me I grip, and hit up the spot Snatch Flav as my dual burn up the block We bumpin hardcore, heavyweight, b-boy On the street hear my beat, my 69 is fast Smash down Lennox, up to the 'View Some reporter holla and I said it was cool Wanna know about the album and the new How P.E. and Guerilla is keepin it movin Breakin talkin politics, you know how it go the war and how it's shitty that we murder for dough Then the reporter asked a question, I had to mash How, I would act if every day was maybe my How if day I worried 'bout my family in this I'd be murdered on these street in a puddle of Or if I would get some news that my brother had If they ran up in my house and held my kids and my Or if we was looted and somebody took all our If my was abducted, never heard from again I began to compare it, so he could When I made the parallels with how livin abroad I can't ignore it, pigs ride deep in the streets Cap a nigga for his wallet, beat for free And the cold about it, life is cheaper than that Down there on the bottom kill each other for scraps Imagine that, propoganda got the confused Damned by the media that keep 'em I around the world, seen a lot of shit in my life Same sirens, same birds swirlin at night Same racism, each of us all Same where we live enforcin the law Gats clappin on the streets, with heat Same prisons of brothers herded in like sheep Same that'll burn folks for pay conditions in communities we die everyday Same brutality and ignorance, now what will it to the motherfuckin cycle, get the people away? That's why I'm fresh out of for 'em, all out of tears for 'em Even though my heart goes out, what the fuck you cryin Money for rebuilding but, about home? When the way we live is shitty where's the love for our I can't decide it, it's real, I hit you proof Maybe I'll be suicided cause I hit you with See they kill for than what we say on records to you the message in the music from a rebel to you, now listen
[Outro: x6 to Save my you gotta, save my life you gotta [x3] Save us, us