X] Being here in America doesn't you an American Being born in America doesn't make you an American Why if birth you an American you wouldn't need any legislation You need any amendments to the Constitution I see any American dream, I see an American nightmare I'm one of the 42 black people who are the victims of America
Aiyyo we all in together now, all in 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, blast On the they hear my beat, my 69 is fast Smash down Lennox, head up to the reporter wanna holla and I said it was cool Wanna know about the album and the new How P.E. and Guerilla Funk is keepin it Breakin talkin politics, you know how it go 'Bout the war and how it's shitty we murder for dough Then the asked a question, that I had to mash How, I would act if day was maybe my last How if every day I worried 'bout my in this I'd be murdered on these street in a of piss Or if I get some news that my brother had died If they ran up in my house and my kids and my wife Or if we was and somebody took all our thangs If my sister was abducted, never heard from I began to compare it, so he observe When I made the parallels how they livin abroad I ignore it, these 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 there people on the bottom kill each other for scraps Imagine that, propoganda got the confused by the media that keep 'em subdued I around the world, seen a lot of shit in my life Same sirens, same ghetto swirlin at night Same racism, each of us all outsiders where we live enforcin the law Gats clappin on the streets, with heat Same prisons full of brothers herded in sheep Same turncoats that'll folks for pay Same conditions in we die everyday Same brutality and ignorance, now will it take to break the cycle, get the people away? 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 but, what about home? When the way we live is where's the love for our own? I can't it, it's real, I hit you with proof Maybe I'll be suicided cause I hit you truth See they for less 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 life you gotta, save my life you gotta Save us, us