X] Being here in doesn't make you an American Being born here in America doesn't you an American Why if made you an American you wouldn't 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 soldierin, hard 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 Flav as my dual pipes burn up the block We bumpin hardcore, heavyweight, b-boy On the street hear my beat, my 69 is fast down Lennox, head up to the 'View Some reporter wanna holla and I said it was Wanna about the album and the Enemy's new How P.E. and Guerilla is keepin it movin Breakin bread talkin politics, you how it go 'Bout the war and how it's shitty that we for dough Then the reporter asked a question, that I had to How, I would act if every day was my last How if day I worried 'bout my family in this I'd be murdered on these street in a puddle of 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 looted and somebody all our thangs If my sister was abducted, heard from again I began to compare it, so he observe When I the parallels with how they 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, life is cheaper than Down there people on the kill each other for scraps that, propoganda got the people confused Damned by the that keep 'em subdued I been around the world, seen a lot of in my life Same sirens, same ghetto swirlin at night Same racism, each of us all Same outsiders we live enforcin the law Gats clappin on the streets, gunplayin with prisons full of brothers herded in like sheep Same turncoats that'll burn for pay Same conditions in we die everyday Same and ignorance, now what will it take to the motherfuckin cycle, get the people away? That's why I'm out of tears for 'em, all out of tears for 'em Even though my goes out, what the fuck you cryin 'bout? Money for rebuilding but, about home? When the way we live is shitty the love for our own? I can't decide it, it's real, I hit you with Maybe I'll be suicided cause I hit you truth See they kill for less what we say on records to you Hear the message in the music a rebel to you, now listen
x6 to end] Save my life you gotta, save my life you [x3] Save us, us