X] Being here in America doesn't make you an Being born here in America doesn't make you an Why if birth made you an American you need any legislation You need any amendments to the Constitution I don't see any 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, truth soldier SHIT Keep on 'em, cause you know we do work in my Chevy down the streets of New York, they feel me I smooth grip, and hit up the Snatch as my dual pipes burn up the block We bumpin hardcore, heavyweight, blast On the street hear my beat, my 69 is fast Smash down Lennox, head up to the Some reporter 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 politics, you know how it go the war and how it's shitty that we murder for dough Then the reporter asked a question, that I had to How, I would act if every day was my last How if every day I 'bout my family in this I'd be murdered on these in a puddle of piss Or if I would get some news that my had died If they ran up in my house and held my and my wife Or if we was and somebody took all our thangs If my sister was abducted, never from again I began to compare it, so he could When I the parallels with how they livin abroad I can't ignore it, these pigs ride in the streets Cap a nigga for his wallet, another for free And the cold part it, life is cheaper than that Down there people on the bottom kill each other for 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 at night Same racism, each of us all Same outsiders we live enforcin the law clappin on the streets, gunplayin with heat Same prisons full of herded in like sheep turncoats that'll burn folks for pay Same in communities we die everyday Same brutality and ignorance, now will it take 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 though my heart goes out, what the fuck you 'bout? Money for rebuilding but, what home? When the way we live is shitty the love for our own? I can't it, it's real, I hit you with proof I'll be suicided cause I hit you with truth See they kill for 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 [x3] Save us, us