American Way - Nas/Kelis.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : Clinton, Fareed, Jones, Rogers ...
[00:05.29][Newscaster:] "Recently there has been an emergence of socially
[00:07.66]conscious and political rappers. It seems to be
[00:11.22]a new trend in the Hip-Hop world."
[00:13.54][DJ scratches sample - Nas: "Nas is a rebel to America" 3X]
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[00:25.54][Vers 1: Nas]
[00:27.60]Yeah, check it, uh
[00:28.54]Spot build-rocker, lil' papa killed Hoffa
[00:29.72]Beard lil' longer, feel strong and I'll stop ya
[00:31.73]Drill sergeant, still thorough, wheelbarrows of distilled vodka
[00:35.22]Get me real bonkers like Will Ferrell on cat tranquilizer
[00:38.85]Rap guys get bank and think they messiahs, but they liars
[00:41.97]Vote fo who now? You're red, white and blue?
[00:44.60]I'm American too, but I ain't with the president's crew
[00:46.60]What you peddlin' and who you peddlin' to?
[00:48.97]You ain't got the ghetto with you
[00:50.60]Try'na lead my sheep to the slaughterhouse
[00:52.79]Talkin 'bout +Rap the Vote+, you ain't thought about
[00:55.66]The black vote mean nathan, who you gonna elect
[00:57.66]Satan or Satan? In the hood nothin is changin, uh
[01:00.48]We ain't got no choices who to choose
[01:02.60]Ten-years ago they were tryin to stop our voices
[01:04.91]And end Hip-Hop, they some hypocrites
[01:07.10]Condoleeza Rice - I don't really get this chick
[01:09.91]Tell her if she ever really cared about poor schools
[01:12.16]About poor children, then she gotta prove that she
[01:15.10]ain't just another coon Uncle Tom fool
[01:17.35]Like these MC's, gotta give 'em the rules
[01:19.79]Lie to the youth, Uncle Tom you confused
[01:21.73]Might as well give the Hip-Hop community a noose
[01:24.29]Need a truce with the gangs and some food for the hungry
[01:27.10]On Kerry n**s, he look at you like a monkey
[01:29.54]You MC's on that old slavery path
[01:31.10]The Bushs'll look at yo' ass and laugh
[01:33.35]See, it's all about community, let's help ourselves
[01:36.54]Cops brutalize us get dealt with with shells
[01:39.48]It's our turn, it's 'bout time we win
[01:41.47]Need somebody as the hood as my councilman, uh
[01:44.35][Chorus: Kelis]
[01:45.16]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, nigga
[01:48.66]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, nigga
[01:52.04]Cause that's the American
[01:54.10]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, nigga
[01:58.35]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way
[02:01.99][Verse 2: Nas]
[02:02.81]Up in the steam room chillin', exfoliating the skin
[02:05.37]It's rarely men conversatin' on ends, probably businessmen
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[02:08.84]I sense good taste, and they watch us, the spots an expensive place
[02:12.27]Manhattan New York, I'm try'na keep steamin'
[02:15.27]It's good for the lungs, had plans for the evening
[02:17.46]This man leans in, his boys laughing
[02:19.40]Now I'm the spokesperson for Black men, this always happens
[02:22.90]Says, "Since all Black women care about is who got dough
[02:25.27]And all we do is call them either b*****s or a Black hoe
[02:28.40]I say first brotha you ain't gotta be that cold
[02:30.15]Since you ignorant, I'ma show you how the facts go
[02:32.03]The biggest example in scandal of history
[02:34.52]Were Monica Lewinksy or Donald Trump's pimping spree
[02:37.03]Most woman who love Jeevanji of Gucci
[02:40.02]Are pretentious non-Black groupies or floozies
[02:42.21]But who are we to blame, not the dames
[02:44.65]It's a man-made game, in essence our woman the same
[02:47.02]Beautiful creatures, Black girls birthed the earth
[02:49.09]So they deserve to earn man's purse
[02:51.46]Matter fact, I'm about to go shopping with my dime
[02:53.78]Catch you cowards the next time, the next rhyme, uh
[02:57.09][Chorus: Kelis singing]
[02:58.28]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, nigga
[03:00.59]That's the American
[03:01.78]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, nigga
[03:04.59]Cause that's the American way. What up,
[03:08.40]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, nigga
[03:10.84]That's the American
[03:12.02]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, nigga
[03:14.72]Ha,
[03:16.65]I don't care about the runaways
[03:18.28]I don't care about who's gay
[03:20.09]I don't care about dying of AIDS
[03:22.65]But I care if I got paid
[03:24.90]Who even cares about the president?
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[03:26.91]I think they're making a mistake
[03:29.98]I don't care about the hurricane
[03:32.41]As long as my family's safe
[03:34.60]I don't care about the candidates
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[03:37.44]They burnt this country to bits
[03:39.70]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way
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[03:46.13]Can we make a change
[03:47.88]You know it's not overnight
[03:50.26]Let's start the fight And ya don't stop,
[03:54.51]Can we make a change
[03:56.95]You know it's not overnight
[03:59.89]Let's start the fight
[04:03.88]Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way
[04:07.01][Sample - Nas: Nas is a rebel to America!]
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