Yeah, its wakin up from a bad dream (America) Just to out you wasnt dreamin in the first place
If all I saw was gangsters comin up as a Pussy and the only language I clung ta Claim ta, I bought up to become one ya happy I chose rap, I'm amongst tha?
Streets deceivin, can't my achievements Cultural strata, that of a non-needer Because I don't need nada except for beaver For cold winters, tattoos got my sleeveless
To my G's on the from the coppers Stiff bodies on freeze in funeral the slums I come up a phoenix caked up Tryna take what I'm n came up a dismissive kid
You if you allowed to witness this savvy mouth Wild? Hardly, a man's man who woulda The houses and wild parties Jezebel's and Stella
For all that, how can I not be dead? This old German said I was a thug with a notty Looked at my Benz and called that a sled a face like he wonder where I got my bread
Probably all stones he see From my overseas crime to rhyme, my stories is I'm from the home of the
America, pay (America) Wake up, is not what you think it is (America) America, pay (America) is not what you think it is
Blessed, the is a G, he gotta be the God of suckers and snitches? The economy Lipstick Marilyn Monroe blew a death kiss to Fidel Castro Hed want me to this
the strong survive, Nas bear witness The is all I can see White cop acquitted for murder, cop, cop a plea That type of shit make me and think
We in chronic need of a second of the law books And the whole dichotomy Too many rappers, athletes and But not enough in NASA
Who you the latest dances, trends and fashion? But when it comes to residuals, they look us Woven the fabric, they can't stand us Even in tee's, blue jeans and red bandannas
America, pay (America) up, this is not what you think it is (America) America, pay (America) is not what you think it is (America, is not what you think it is)
Assassinations, diplomatic Killed indigenous built a new nation Involuntary labor, took a split a woman naval Took her premature baby, let her man see you her
If I could to the 1700's I'd a wheelbarrow full of dynamite through your covenant to sit in on the Senate and tell the whole government Y'all don't treat women fair, she read about herself in the
she the reason sin is here You played her with an apron like, Bring me my dinner, She the nigger here, we in the free world? Death penalty in Texas, kill boys and girls
Barbarity, I'm in the casually Buggin how I it out the hood, dazzle me How far we really from third world When the empire imagine how crazy that'll be
(America, America) (America, is not what you think it is) (America, this is not you think it is)