X] Being in America doesn't 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 need any to the Constitution 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 on servin 'em, cause you know we do work Mashin in my Chevy the streets of New York, they feel me I smooth grip, and hit up the Snatch Flav as my pipes 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 wanna holla and I it was cool Wanna about the album and the Enemy's new How P.E. and Funk is keepin it movin bread talkin politics, you know how it go 'Bout the war and how it's shitty we murder for dough the reporter asked a question, that I had to mash How, I would act if every day was my last How if every day I 'bout my family in this I'd be on these street in a puddle of piss Or if I would get some news that my 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 to compare it, so he could observe When I made the parallels with how livin abroad I can't ignore it, these pigs ride deep in the Cap a for his wallet, beat another for free And the cold part about it, is cheaper than that Down there people on the bottom kill other for scraps Imagine that, propoganda got the confused Damned by the media keep 'em subdued I been around the world, a lot of shit in my life Same sirens, same ghetto birds swirlin at racism, profilin each of us all Same outsiders we live enforcin the law Gats clappin on the streets, gunplayin with Same prisons full of brothers herded in like turncoats that'll burn folks for pay Same conditions in we die everyday Same brutality and ignorance, now what will it 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, what the you cryin 'bout? Money for rebuilding but, about home? When the way we live is shitty where's the love for our I can't decide it, real, I hit you with proof Maybe I'll be suicided I hit you with truth See they kill for less than we say on records to you Hear the in the music from a rebel to you, now listen
[Outro: x6 to Save my life you gotta, save my life you [x3] us, save us