X] Being here in America doesn't make you an born here in America doesn't make 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 people who are the of America
Aiyyo we all in together now, all in now Hard truth soldierin, truth soldier SHIT on servin 'em, cause you know we do work Mashin in my Chevy down the streets of New York, feel me I smooth grip, and hit up the Snatch Flav as my dual pipes burn up the We bumpin hardcore, heavyweight, b-boy On the street they hear my beat, my 69 is Smash Lennox, head up to the 'View Some wanna 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 'Bout the war and how shitty that we murder for dough Then the asked a question, that I had to mash How, I act if every day was maybe my last How if every day I worried my family in this I'd be murdered on these in a puddle of piss Or if I would get some news that my brother had If they ran up in my house and held my kids and my Or if we was looted and somebody took all our If my was abducted, never heard from again I began to compare it, so he observe When I made the parallels with how livin abroad I can't ignore it, these ride deep in the streets Cap a nigga for his wallet, beat for free And the cold part about it, is cheaper than that Down there people on the bottom kill other for scraps Imagine that, got the people confused Damned by the media that keep 'em I been around the world, seen a lot of shit in my Same sirens, same ghetto swirlin at night racism, profilin each of us all Same outsiders where we live the law Gats on the streets, gunplayin with heat prisons full of brothers herded in like sheep Same that'll burn folks for pay Same in communities we die everyday Same brutality and ignorance, now will it take to break the motherfuckin cycle, get the away? why I'm fresh 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 is shitty where's 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 less than what we say on 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