X] Being here in America doesn't make you an Being born here in doesn't make you an American Why if birth made you an American you wouldn't need any You need any amendments to the Constitution I don't see any American dream, I see an American I'm one of the 42 million people 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 Mashin in my Chevy down the streets of New York, they me I smooth grip, and hit up the Snatch Flav as my pipes burn up the block We bumpin hardcore, heavyweight, b-boy On the they hear my beat, my 69 is fast down Lennox, head up to the 'View Some reporter wanna holla and I said it was Wanna know about the album and the new How P.E. and Funk is keepin it movin Breakin talkin politics, you know 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 maybe my How if every day I worried my family in this I'd be murdered on these street in a puddle of Or if I would get some that my brother had died If they ran up in my house and held my kids and my Or if we was looted and somebody all our thangs If my was abducted, never heard from again I began to compare it, so he observe When I made the parallels with how they livin I can't ignore it, these pigs ride in the streets Cap a nigga for his wallet, another for free And the cold part about it, is cheaper than that Down people on the bottom kill each other for scraps Imagine that, propoganda got the confused Damned by the that keep 'em subdued I been around the world, seen a lot of shit in my sirens, same ghetto birds swirlin at night Same racism, profilin of us all Same outsiders we live enforcin the law Gats clappin on the streets, with heat Same prisons full of herded in like sheep turncoats that'll burn folks for pay Same conditions in communities we die brutality and ignorance, now what will it take to break the cycle, get the people away? why I'm fresh out of tears 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? the way we live is shitty where's the love for our own? I can't it, it's real, I hit you with proof Maybe I'll be cause I hit you with truth See they kill for less 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