Political, "Recently there has an emergence of conscious and political rappers It seems to be a new in the Hip-Hop world"
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Yeah, it, uh, spot build-rocker, lil' papa killed Hoffa Beard longer, feel strong enough stop ya Drill sergeant, thorough, wheelbarrows of distilled vodka Get me real bonkers Will Ferrell
On cat tranquilizer rap get bank And think messiahs, but they liars Vote fo who You're red, white and blue I'm American too, but I ain't with the crew
you peddlin' and who you peddlin' to? You ain't got the with you Try'na lead my to the slaughterhouse Talkin' 'bout Rap the Vote, you thought about
The black vote Nathan Who you elect, Satan or Satan? In the hood, is changin', uh We got no choices
Who to choose, ten years ago they were tryin' to stop our And end Hip-Hop, they some Condoleeza Rice, I don't really get this
her if she ever really cared about poor schools About poor she gotta prove That she ain't just another coon Tom fool
Like MC's, gotta give 'em the rules Lie to the youth, Uncle Tom, you Might as well give the Hip-Hop a noose
a truce with the gangs and some food for the hungry On nuts, he look at you like a monkey You MC's on old slavery path The Bushs'll look at yo' ass and
See, all about community, let's help ourselves brutalize us, get dealt with with shells It's our turn, 'bout time we win Need somebody from the as my councilman, uh
Yeah, I think this everyday, that's the American Way, shit Yeah, I think about everyday, that's the American Way, shit ('Cause the American way) Yeah, I think about this everyday, the American Way, shit Yeah, I about this everyday, that's the American Way
Up in the steam chillin', ex foliating the skin It's rarely men conversatin' on ends, businessmen I sense taste, and they watch us, the spot's an expensive place Manhattan, New York, I'm try'na steamin', it's good for the lungs
Had plans for the evenin', this man in, his boy's laughin' Now I'm the spokesperson for men This always happens since all Black care about is Who got and all we do is call them either bitch or a Black hoe
I say first brotha, you ain't be that cold Since you ignorant, I'ma you how the facts go The biggest example in of history Were Monica Lewinsky or Donald pimpin' spree
woman who love Jeevanji of Gucci Are non-Black groupies or floozies But who are we to blame, not the a man-made game, in all essence, our woman the same
Beautiful creatures, girls birthed the earth So deserve to earn man's purse fact, I'm about to go shoppin' with my dime Catch you cowards the time, next rhyme, uh
Yeah, I think about everyday, that's the American Way, shit (That's the way) Yeah, I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, ('Cause the American way)
Yeah, I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, (What up, K? the American way) Yeah, I think about this everyday, the American Way (Ha, yeah)
I don't care the runaways, I don't care about who's gay I don't care the dyin' of AIDS, but I care if I got paid Who even about the President, I think we're makin' a mistake I don't care about the hurricane as long as my safe I don't care about the candidates, they this country into bits
Yeah, I think about everyday, that's the American Way Can we make a change, you know not overnight Let's start the (And ya stop, uh) Can we make a change, you know it's not Let's the fight
Yeah, I think this everyday, that's the American Way Nas is a rebel to