X] Being here in America make you an American Being born in America doesn't make you an American Why if birth made you an you wouldn't need any legislation You wouldn't any amendments to the Constitution I see any American 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 truth soldierin, hard truth soldier Keep on servin 'em, cause you we do work Mashin in my Chevy down the of New York, they feel me I grip, and hit up the spot Snatch as my dual pipes burn up the block We hardcore, heavyweight, b-boy blast On the they hear my beat, my 69 is fast Smash Lennox, head up to the 'View Some reporter wanna holla and I said it was Wanna know about the album and the new How P.E. and Guerilla Funk is keepin it Breakin bread politics, you know how it go 'Bout the war and how it's shitty that we murder for Then the reporter asked a question, that I had to How, I act if every day was maybe my last How if every day I worried 'bout my family in I'd be murdered on street in a puddle of piss Or if I would get some that my brother had died If they ran up in my and held my kids and my wife Or if we was looted and took all our thangs If my sister was abducted, never heard again I began to compare it, so he observe When I made the parallels with how livin abroad I can't ignore it, these pigs ride deep in the Cap a nigga for his wallet, beat another for And the cold part it, life is cheaper than that Down there people on the bottom each other for scraps that, propoganda got the people confused Damned by the media keep 'em subdued 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 outsiders where we live the law Gats on the streets, gunplayin with heat Same prisons full of brothers in like sheep Same that'll burn folks for pay conditions in communities we die everyday Same and ignorance, now what will it take to break the motherfuckin cycle, get the people That's why I'm out of tears for 'em, all out of tears for 'em Even though my heart goes out, the fuck you cryin 'bout? Money for rebuilding but, what about When the way we live is shitty where's the for our own? I can't decide it, it's real, I hit you with Maybe I'll be cause I hit you with truth See they kill for less than we say on records to you Hear the message in the music from a to you, now listen
x6 to end] Save my you gotta, save my life you gotta [x3] us, save us