Nas - American Way Lyrics
[Sample - Nas: "Political"][Newscaster:] "Recently there has been an emergence of sociallyconscious and political rappers. It seems to bea new trend in the Hip-Hop world."[DJ scratches sample - Nas: "Nas is a rebel to America" 3X][Vers 1: Nas]Yeah, check it, uhSpot build-rocker, lil' papa killed HoffaBeard lil' longer, feel strong and I'll stop yaDrill sergeant, still thorough, wheelbarrows of distilled vodkaGet me real bonkers like Will Ferrell on cat tranquilizerRap guys get bank and think they messiahs, but they liarsVote fo who now? You're red, white and blue?I'm American too, but I ain't with the president's crewWhat you peddlin' and who you peddlin' to?You ain't got the ghetto with youTry'na lead my sheep to the slaughterhouseTalkin 'bout +Rap the Vote+, you ain't thought aboutThe black vote mean nathan, who you gonna electSatan or Satan? In the hood nothin is changin, uhWe ain't got no choices who to chooseTen-years ago they were tryin to stop our voicesAnd end Hip-Hop, they some hypocritesCondoleeza Rice - I don't really get this chickTell her if she ever really cared about poor schoolsAbout poor children, then she gotta prove that sheain't just another coon Uncle Tom foolLike these MC's, gotta give 'em the rulesLie to the youth, Uncle Tom you confusedMight as well give the Hip-Hop community a nooseNeed a truce with the gangs and some food for the hungryOn Kerry nuts, he look at you like a monkeyYou MC's on that old slavery pathThe Bushs'll look at yo' ass and laughSee, it's all about community, let's help ourselvesCops brutalize us get dealt with with shellsIt's our turn, it's 'bout time we winNeed somebody as the hood as my councilman, uh[Chorus: Kelis]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shitYeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit([Nas:] Cause that's the American way)Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shitYeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way[Verse 2: Nas]Up in the steam room chillin', exfoliating the skinIt's rarely men conversatin' on ends, probably businessmenI sense good taste, and they watch us, the spots an expensive placeManhattan New York, I'm try'na keep steamin'It's good for the lungs, had plans for the eveningThis man leans in, his boys laughingNow I'm the spokesperson for Black men, this always happensSays, "Since all Black women care about is who got doughAnd all we do is call them either ***** or a Black hoe"I say first brotha you ain't gotta be that coldSince you ignorant, I'ma show you how the facts goThe biggest example in scandal of historyWere Monica Lewinksy or Donald Trump's pimping spreeMost woman who love Jeevanji of GucciAre pretentious non-Black groupies or flooziesBut who are we to blame, not the damesIt's a man-made game, in essence our woman the sameBeautiful creatures, Black girls birthed the earthSo they deserve to earn man's purseMatter fact, I'm about to go shopping with my dimeCatch you cowards the next time, the next rhyme, uh[Chorus: Kelis singing]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit([Nas:] That's the American way)Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit([Nas:] Cause that's the American way. What up, K?)Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit([Nas:] That's the American way)Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit([Nas:] Ha, yeah)I don't care about the runawaysI don't care about who's gayI don't care about dying of AIDSBut I care if I got paidWho even cares about the president?I think they're making a mistakeI don't care about the hurricaneAs long as my family's safeI don't care about the candidatesThey burnt this country to bitsYeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way ([Nas:] Uh)Can we make a changeYou know it's not overnightLet's start the fight (Nas: And ya don't stop, uh)Can we make a changeYou know it's not overnightLet's start the fight (Nas: Yeah)Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way[Sample - Nas: Nas is a rebel to America!]
