X] Being here in doesn't make you an American Being born here in doesn't make you an American Why if birth made you an you wouldn't need any legislation You wouldn't need any amendments to the I don't see any American dream, I see an American I'm one of the 42 million black people who are the victims of
Aiyyo we all in together now, all in now Hard truth soldierin, hard truth SHIT Keep on servin 'em, 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 pipes burn up the We bumpin hardcore, heavyweight, b-boy On the street they my beat, my 69 is fast down Lennox, head up to the 'View Some wanna holla and I said it was cool Wanna know about the album and the new How P.E. and Funk is keepin it movin Breakin bread talkin politics, you how it go 'Bout the war and how it's shitty 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 every day I worried 'bout my in this I'd be murdered on street in a puddle of piss Or if I would get news that my brother had died If they ran up in my house and held my kids and my Or if we was looted and took all our thangs If my was abducted, never heard from again I began to it, so he could observe When I the parallels with how they livin abroad I can't ignore it, these ride deep in the streets Cap a nigga for his wallet, another for free And the cold part about it, is cheaper than that Down there on the bottom kill each other for scraps Imagine that, got the people confused Damned by the media that keep 'em I been around the world, a lot of shit in my life sirens, same ghetto birds swirlin at night Same racism, profilin of us all Same outsiders where we live the law Gats on the streets, gunplayin with heat Same prisons full of brothers in like sheep Same turncoats that'll burn for pay Same 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 my heart goes out, what the fuck you cryin 'bout? Money for rebuilding but, what home? When the way we is shitty where's the love for our own? I can't decide it, real, I hit you with proof Maybe I'll be suicided cause I hit you with See they kill for less than we say on records to you Hear the message in the music from a to you, now listen
[Outro: x6 to Save my life you gotta, save my you gotta [x3] us, save us