karaoke
Aaaaaaaammmerrrriiicannnnn Dreaaaamm
He's just a common working hard with his hands
he's just a common man working hard for the man
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm
(American Dream)
If you are black or white,
redenck funky that's alright,
blue eyes with a lot of soul,
Common Man's got his goal.
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm
(American Dream)
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm (American Dream)
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm (American Dream)
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm (American Dream)
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm (American Dream)
(American Dream)
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm (American Dream)
A Dream , A Dream , A Dream
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm (American Dream)
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm (American Dream)
Hey He's Amerrrrrrrrrrriiccann Dreammm (American Dream)
I know how romantic it seems making love to a new city scene every night 'til she begs me to leave for a better girl. I stand still while the backdrop is changed for the actors to block out their plays, recite their lines with such timing and grace, lest the script be blamed. But each motion's a futile routine, like the lampposts that pattern the street fight for every last inch left beneath night's deceiving sky, like their meager lights could replace the sun and then everyone would be warmed by their touch.
All I'm asking is patience with me. I'll make up for the cities I've seen. All affairs end eventually for the lesser girl. It takes courage to stand on a stage, trading chords and some words for their praise, pouring songs into glasses they raise, hoping they'll be filled. So don't wake my American dream. She's been sleeping for years so serene and her innocence can't be retrieved if I rouse her now. So don't speak aloud 'til your far from her ears. Though her bed is warm, you'll be sure she's alone.
One revolution turning around, grace under pressure, but don't make a sound
Our house is divided, but together we stand
One constitution goin' hand to hand
Here's to you, red and yellow, black and white
Once the daylight turned to night
We're not as bold as we may seem, we're looking for the American dream
Yes, American dream
Some people hiding, they do underground, sex as an issue in every dead town
Trading in secrets and dealing in lies
Living is easy when you close your eyes
Chorus:
Here's to you, red and yellow, black and white
Join the daylight, return to night
We're not as bold as we may seem, we're looking for the American dream
(Solo)
chorus - looking for the American dream, yeah
Looking for the American dream, the American dream
And we're not as bold as we may seem, American dream
We're looking for the American dream... (to fade)
Yo we be out man, fukin it up for erbody
I can't lie man, they thought I was just getting started
Keep the tie man, its the amerrican dream
I'm just participating, my participation is game
Yo we be out man, fukin it up for erbody
I can't lie man, they thought I was just getting started
Keep the pie man, its the amerrican dream
I'm just participating, my participation is game
Im in this one one for the hotel, motel holidae inn
Super A red and the rits call tins
All my niggaz who tryin to ball, my niggaz ballin
All my sodiers and generals errbody faillin
Stop stallin, pick up the phone and call in
Tell your boss you ain't gon make it to work in the mornin'
And why you explainin' go ahead and throw a coffin
And kindly explain that this won't happen often
But im lost and im amazed im be willing ingaige
I’ll rage that niggaz think that derrty don't need a cage
I should be put on display for the display i displayin
Half you niggaz is dyin and all the rest are decaying
Im doin tracks in motels, steady rockin girls bells
Kinda like a young elvis, I aint in nellyville
I never squeal, not the type to kiss and tell
But if I catch u in the shower I might kiss your tell
Now as I blast off, Kweezie writtin movies rollin took that nass off
Mostly leader will be a numba runnas, ass off
I had every with deerty even, got a nascar
And you know we fucked up at it boss
Aiyo my radar read, maps in japanese
Clap at gs smack em back on there E's
Drop on wacks, simple facts that rap needs
And its awlays kris I miss and rap trees
And I got my game, I said I got my game
From the og's, smokin reefer moonshine
Poppin oldies, but the whole plane change
Yo you know me, shipped in from cali got it home
Cops and goldies, then we smash some ass
Free autotericoop call nasa to do the numbers
All the freshman from the vocals started firin’ the booth
Got more whips and chains, then im a start in roots
Ali I’m sick of ballin, unnecessary phone callin
Man down pimp in distress, I think I’m fallin
For anything but the okie doke, Im old school
Like her and bonz and nukee ropes I cant stand them groupie folks
They want me to turn around like this is hokie poke
They want to break me down like erv before I choke
Im not a jack at all im quick draw mcgraw
And number 20 on the lakers couldn’t hold me yahl
Im climbin over yahl im still scorin
85 percent of yahl awake but still snoring
Got knowledge yourself and now my style is much older now
We derrty ent we all we got we hold it down
I’m feelin cooler than cool, my wrist colder wow
If theres a fashion king then I deserve the crown
Im u city, you dressin up im dresisn down
And u keep messin up, me and your girl gon be messin around
Aiyo im fresh out the gate, from the Lou with a grammy in my rezzie
Nelly bought me a prezzie with a diamond in the bezzie
Chicks taugh me how to walk, so when I run I’ll be ready
Females fans sayin that im there baby daddy WHOA
More attention then Justin and Janet
How I Midwest swing and how St Louis ram it
Deerty ent dammit, got more bread than a sandwich
And my writst got more nuggets than Carmello and Camby
Look, I’m from the Lou and I’m important like the arts
So tours look for me like an important part
Find your talent use your talent get your money
Or don’t find your talent and don’t use it and stay bummy
But that don’t owe me cause I built it from scratch
My next shit is a house with a house in the back
Man I’m been while since middle school
Written by John Mellencamp
I had a face so cute made a young girl cry
And I could blow 'em away with just a wink of my eye
I got all dolled up on a Saturday night
Can't find a lady so I'll start a fight
Hey but ain't that the American Dream
But at School the young boys would assemble down in the parking lot
And we spoke of the homecoming queen and all the goodies she's got
Well those stories would choke a semi
And every dare was do or die
Hey but ain't that the American Dream
(bridge)
Well I grew up believin' I could do what I wanted to do
When I got a little older I found that it just wasn't true
There's gotta be a place for me
Where I can out-be just what I want to be
Hey but ain't that the American Dream
Some of the girls are out teaching high school biology
And all of my boyfriends they work down at Cummmins factory
But me I'm still out on the streets trying to locate some destiny
Hey but ain't that the American Dream
(repeat bridge)
Hate & crime your mind control
USA!
Now we know who stole the soul
USA!
Cheat and lie and cheat and tax
USA!
The media twists the facts
USA!
Buy, bye, buy, bye, buy, bye America
Buy, bye, buy, bye, buy, bye America
Buy, bye, buy, bye, buy, bye America
Buy, bye, buy, bye, buy, bye America
AMERICAN DREAM
Dividing lines they know the score
USA!
We're heading for the race war
USA!
Police are here to protect
USA!
They take half our paychecks
USA!
Buy, bye, buy, bye, buy, bye America
Buy, bye, buy, bye, buy, bye America
Buy, bye, buy, bye, buy, bye America
Buy, bye, buy, bye, buy, bye America
AMERICAN DREAM
and the oil fields fed our family
'neath the amber waves of grain
god, he was our savior
though his name awas spoke in vain
my dad would leave for work each morning
in the twlight's last gleaming
' Cause every day I'd awaken
She was a Midwestern prom queen
Got her boyfriend headed out west
They ended up in the valley
In a one room apartment, a disconnected phone, yeah
Now five years later she's single
She's got two kids and a note
And if she gets a moment to herself
She can remember how everything used to go her way
She says
Where did the time go
When everything was simple and free?
I want to know what happened
Somebody woke me before I could have my American dream
Yeah, yeah, yeah
For twenty years he worked corporate
He planned to early retire
His CEO, he stole a billion dollars
Now he's working at Denny's hoping for a raise
He thinks
Where did the time go
When everything was simple and free?
I want to know what happened
Somebody woke me before I could have my American dream
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm a little bit rebel, I'm a bit patriot
I can see they're both sides of the coin
But still it gets a bit rough an' everything is screwed up
Guess it's just the American way
Sometimes I wonder how you are
You're up in New York City with a family
I think I could have been your guy
It's just a moment in time that is slipping on away
Where did the time go
When everything was simple and free?
I want to know what happened
Somebody woke me before I could have my American dream
Where did the time go?
(My American dream)
Where did the time go?
(My American dream)
Where did the time go?
(My American dream)
Where did the time go?
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She was a Midwestern prom queen
Too many lawyers in football, baseballs gotta few
The pitcher got a million dollars and the quarterback he got two
Pitcher threw his arm away and the quarterback burned his knee
And this they did so they could live the American dream
Now there are some preachers on T.V. with a suit and a tie and a vest
They want you to send your money to the Lord but they give you
Their address 'cause all of your donations are completely tax free
God bless you all but most of all send your money
Do you really want it? Do you really need it?
Ya gotta keep on grindin' just ta try ta keep it
Ya got no time for yourself, ya got more ba Roe Jim beam
You're goin' crazy, dreamin' the American dream
Reagan is a cuttin' the budget makin' the democrats scream
Says, "We gotta control inflation, quit spendin' our money on everything"
But this years tax increase, why? It's the biggest in history
Round and a round we go where we stop, who knows the American dream
Do you really want it? Do you really need it?
Ya gotta keep on grindin' just ta try ta keep it
We got no time for ourselves ya got more ba Roe Jim beam
You're goin' crazy, dreamin' the American dream
You're goin' crazy, dreamin' the American dream
We were born of a different world
Where men go riches to rags
Use their hands to make something new
Or hold them high with white flags
Watch the light as I pull up now
As it changes to green
I close my eyes and I realize
The American Dream
Something for everyone
If you’re willing to work for pay
And you can have it all,
You can have it all
If you want to
[P. Diddy]
This is not America
Bad Boy baby, David Bowie, let's go
[Chorus: David Bowie]
This is not America
This is not America
This is not America
This is not America
[P. Diddy]
Land where my father died, land where my children cried
Come on, America, ain't no barriers
Free the strings, let's see how freedom rings
One nation all gettin' down for the dollars
And the heat is gettin' hotter
But a lot don't understand
Just the way some plan to break you
I done seen the whole thing go straight through
Hungry for it, I'ma make you
Pay back what's due to me
Everybody gonna see, look what they put upon me
Made me a monster, two steps beyond ya
More streets to wonder
For which it stands for cause let's get it
Cause I'ma get mine for damn sure, come on
[Loon]
Screens, greens car candy painted
Chicks in cream is the American dream, ain't it?
I pledge allegiance to Beamers, dark skies
Sleepless nights on the block, two for fives
Deep in the struggles but need the hustle
Weed and blow shit I make the block bubble
I'm to the point where I'm playa hatin'
Fool in the stash and I'm losin' my patience
Medieval times in the chest of the beast
Come around sniffin' I'ma mess up ya fleece
Job lookin' I'd rather be pot cookin'
It's not America, son this is Brooklyn
Home of the shiesty, home of the crook
We signed joints, ain't scared to do a took
My country tis of thee, where there's no liberty
Just misery, ya heard me
[Chorus]
[Kain]
Now why can't I breathe with a gun and come free
If six dead people run this country
Now they come cause my crew's too large
Who the fuck put chu' in charge
Runnin' around here like you is God
Then they wonder why the shootin' starts
Gettin' checks with half my stacks
I forgot George Bush wrote half my raps
Murderin' people for blastin' facts
Then blamin' other cats for their tragic acts
I'm tryin' to get paid till my eyes is closin'
Cops is like freeze and I'm already frozen
So they clap and they brawl in hysteria
Tappin' Jackson callin' this area
Green gots cats crawlin' to bury ya
Don't blame Kain for the fall of America
[Chorus]
[Mark Curry]
Uh, yo what about these streets here
Before y'all creep here
Look around we there
365 days a year
Lines to cross no fear
And what appears to be roses
See I'm knowin' this
When I chose this
What's right
In broad day or night
More dope deals
I'm tryin' to stay on my heels
Every day's training day
Some things not in explainin' ways
Who said crimes don't pay
Choices to make
Ain't too many chances left to take
Things look so green
The sign of the times corruption politics, youg ones dyin'
What you made of
Either hate or love
Pressure on the nine when push come to shove
[Chorus]
[David Bowie]
A little piece of you (I'm ya worst nightmare)
A little peace in me
A little piece of you (This is not America)
A little peace in me
Will go
[Chorus]
[Black Rob]
Yo, why you cocksuckers pullin' me over
Racial profilin' me cause I ain't pushin' no Nova
I'm up to par lookin'
I know police corruption is up this year and y'all crooked
Took my hard white
Had niggas sellin' the same block, pumpin' the same night
Arrest me, come to court and lie
Yeah that's him, pointin' like I'm the guy
What chu' want those is me of the block
Yo, so you can serve fiends everytime they knock
Just last summer had the mad Hummer
They took that and didn't even give me they badge number
So how am I supposed to feel
Who I'm supposed to call when the shit gets real
Word man I'd rather dial 8-1-1 when it's important
Plus they ain't tryin' to score like Ed Norton, word
[Chorus to fade]
we fought your wars with all our hearts
you sent us back in body parts
you took our wills with the truth you stole
we offer prayers for your long lost soul
your remainder is an unjustifiable egotistical power struggle
at the expense of the american dream
of the american dream
of the american...
we dont give a damn about your world
with all your global profits and all you're to oppose
we dont give a damn about your world
right now, right now
we dont give a fuck about your world
with all your global profits and all you're to oppose
we dont give a fuck about your world
right now, right now
right now, right now
there is no flag that is large enough
to hide the shame of our men in cuffs
you switched your signs then you closed the blinds
you changed the channels
then you changed our minds
you bring about the stink
you bring about the confused
bring about the solution
bring about the future
bring about the collusion
bring about revolution
bring about revolution
we dont give a damn about your world
with all your global profits and all you're to oppose
we dont give a damn about your world
right now, right now
we dont give a fuck about your world
with all your global profits and all you're to oppose
we dont give a fuck about your world
right now, right now
right now, right now
right now, right now
right now, right now
no flag large enough
shame on the men in cuffs
close the blinds
your remainder is an unjustifiable egotistical power struggle
at the expense of the american dream
of the american dream
of the american..
we dont give a damn about your world
with all your global profits and all you're to oppose
we dont give a damn about your world
right now, right now
we dont give a fuck about your world
with all your global profits and all you're to oppose
we dont give a fuck about your world
right now, right now
right now, right now
right now, right now
right now, right n-n-n-now!
Don't want to hear about the way you're making out
I don't want to have to talk I want to shout
And so your president's dead mine's dead too
Won't make a difference no matter what you do
American dream
And so the world will die we'll all die too
Makes no difference no matter what you do
And so you'll sing your song try to save the world
Ah but I loved you more when you were poor
American dream
Is this what you want is this what you need
Is this what you want you want you want is this what you
need
You're so far from me
And so the world will die
We'll die too
Let's do the money grab you can do it too
And sing another song to save your soul
All work no play may have made Jack a dull boy
But all work no God has left Jack with a lost soul
But he's moving on full steam
He's chasing the American dream
And he's gonna give his family, the finer things
"Not this time son, I've no time to waste
Maybe tomorrow, we'll have time to play"
And then he slips into his new BMW
And drives farther and farther and farther away
'Cause he works all day and tries to sleep at night
He says things will get better
Better in time
So he works and he builds with his own two hands
And he pours all he has in a castle made with sand
But the wind and the rain are comin' crashing in
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands
His kingdom stands
Well this American Dream is beginning to seem
More and more like a nightmare with every passing day
"Daddy, can you come to my game?"
"Oh Baby, please don't work late"
Another wasted weekend and they are slipping away
'Cause he works all day and lies awake at night
He tells them things are getting better
Just take a little more time
So he works and he builds with his own two hands
And he pours all he has in a castle made with sand
But the wind and the rain are comin' crashing in
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands
His kingdom stands
He used to say, "Whoever dies with the most toys wins"
But if he loses his soul
What has he gained in the end
I'll take a shack on a rock
Over a castle in the sand
Now he works all day and cries alone at night
It's not getting any better
Looks like he's running out of time
'Cause he worked and he built with his own two hands
And he poured all he had in a castle made with sand
But the wind and the rain are coming crashing in
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands
His kingdom stands
All they really wanted was you
All they really wanted was you
When success is equated with excess
The ambition for excess wrecks us
As top of the mind becomes the bottom line
When success is equated with excess
If your time ain't been nothing but money
I start to feel really bad for you, honey
Maybe honey, put your money where your mouth's been running
If your time ain't been nothing but money
I want out of this machine
It doesn't feel like freedom
This ain't my American dream
I want to live and die for bigger things
I'm tired of fighting for just me
This ain't my American dream
When success is equated with excess
When we're fighting for the Beamer, the Lexus
As the heart and soul breath in the company goals
Where success is equated with excess
'Cause baby's always talkin' 'bout a ring
And talk has always been the cheapest thing
Is it true would you do what I want you to
If I show up with the right amount of bling?
Like a puppet on a monetary string
Maybe we've been caught singing
Red, white, blue, and green
But that ain't my America,
Llego y arraso, ah, abridme paso buitres,
aquí no hay censura, no podéis decirme
lo que debo hacer, decir o qué hay que comer, jajaja.
Esto no es Brooklyn, tios,
aquí no hay pitidos que corten líricas
que llegan puras a tu oído y no son empíricas,
son puro fruto de la inspiración.
Ilusión no tengo por vivir en vuestra tierra.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Millones de cuerpos sin mente
y a su frente el más cabrón.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Ja, la ignorancia es su religión.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Millones de cuerpos sin mente
y a su frente el más cabrón.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Ja, la ignorancia es su religión.
USA, American dream.
USA, star system.
USA, the FBI.
USA, rednecks.
USA, American dream.
USA, star system.
USA, the FBI.
USA, rednecks.
Tierra soñada, ja, paraíso de idiotas.
Yo no sigo vuestro ejemplo, mis metas son otras.
Mis recursos enormes, ja,
soy un listillo y soy pillo cual Lazarillo de Tormes.
No hay paciencia, no hay conciencia,
no paran de tocar los huevos con su independencia.
Nos tachan de esclavistas, tienen mente elitista
y un presidente que se folla hasta al dentista.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Millones de cuerpos sin mente
y a su frente el más cabrón.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Ja, la ignorancia es su religión.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Millones de cuerpos sin mente
y a su frente el más cabrón.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Ja, la ignorancia es su religión.
USA, American dream.
USA, star system.
USA, the FBI.
USA, rednecks.
USA, American dream.
USA, star system.
USA, the FBI.
USA, rednecks.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Millones de cuerpos sin mente
y a su frente el más cabrón.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Ja, la ignorancia es su religión.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Millones de cuerpos sin mente
y a su frente el más cabrón.
Un sistema así, dime quién lo inventó.
Ja, la ignorancia es su religión.
Fuck the American Dream.
I know it all too well, I've watched my whole life.
I've felt those callused hands and looked into those broken eyes.
One more bleeding heart that will never see its time.
You suffer to survive, it will bury you alive.
Fuck this place, burn it down. Everything I've loved is gone.
This is not my home, I've played my final song.
Tear us down, free us all.
Sell your soul for something meaningless.
A slow death for the corporate mess, and we call this happiness.
What are we left with in the end? Defeat.
A lifetime of obedience kicking in your teeth.
Fuck this place, burn it down. Everything I've loved is gone.
This is not my home, I've played my final song.
Tear us down, free us all.
We were sold a promise of a better tomorrow,
Fuck the American Dream.
We were told that our choices were our own,
Fuck the American Dream.
Promised the opportunity of a lifetime,
Fuck the American Dream.
Deceived we could be all we can be.
oh my grandparents had it, my parents had it too
their education consisted of elementary school
i bust my ass at a job, it don't pay off for me
a little house, wife, kid and a dog
don't make no sense for me cuz
'what ever happened to what ever happened to
my American dream
90210, 90210
somebody tell what happened to my
American dream
90210, 90210
back in el monte they landed, came in a pick up truck
they worked an honest day, didn't need no luck
everyday the men would work the women would stay at home
nowadays they both are gone, the kids are all at home alone
[Chorus]
now that i've passed it off as dream and not reality
things are much easier, they just don't bother me
in fact i've got to say that things are pretty good
[P. Diddy]
This is not America
Bad Boy baby, David Bowie, let's go
[Chorus: David Bowie]
This is not America
This is not America
This is not America
This is not America
[P. Diddy]
Land where my father died, land where my children cried
Come on, America, ain't no barriers
Free the strings, let's see how freedom rings
One nation all gettin' down for the dollars
And the heat is gettin' hotter
But a lot don't understand
Just the way some plan to break you
I done seen the whole thing go straight through
Hungry for it, I'ma make you
Pay back what's due to me
Everybody gonna see, look what they put upon me
Made me a monster, two steps beyond ya
More streets to wonder
For which it stands for cause let's get it
Cause I'ma get mine for damn sure, come on
[Loon]
Screens, greens car candy painted
Chicks in cream is the American dream, ain't it?
I pledge allegiance to Beamers, dark skies
Sleepless nights on the block, two for fives
Deep in the struggles but need the hustle
Weed and blow shit I make the block bubble
I'm to the point where I'm playa hatin'
Fool in the stash and I'm losin' my patience
Medieval times in the chest of the beast
Come around sniffin' I'ma mess up ya fleece
Job lookin' I'd rather be pot cookin'
It's not America, son this is Brooklyn
Home of the shiesty, home of the crook
We signed joints, ain't scared to do a took
My country tis of thee, where there's no liberty
Just misery, ya heard me
[Chorus]
[Kain]
Now why can't I breathe with a gun and come free
If six dead people run this country
Now they come cause my crew's too large
Who the fuck put chu' in charge
Runnin' around here like you is God
Then they wonder why the shootin' starts
Gettin' checks with half my stacks
I forgot George Bush wrote half my raps
Murderin' people for blastin' facts
Then blamin' other cats for their tragic acts
I'm tryin' to get paid till my eyes is closin'
Cops is like freeze and I'm already frozen
So they clap and they brawl in hysteria
Tappin' Jackson callin' this area
Green gots cats crawlin' to bury ya
Don't blame Kain for the fall of America
[Chorus]
[Mark Curry]
Uh, yo what about these streets here
Before y'all creep here
Look around we there
365 days a year
Lines to cross no fear
And what appears to be roses
See I'm knowin' this
When I chose this
What's right
In broad day or night
More dope deals
I'm tryin' to stay on my heels
Every day's training day
Some things not in explainin' ways
Who said crimes don't pay
Choices to make
Ain't too many chances left to take
Things look so green
The sign of the times corruption politics, youg ones dyin'
What you made of
Either hate or love
Pressure on the nine when push come to shove
[Chorus]
[David Bowie]
A little piece of you (I'm ya worst nightmare)
A little peace in me
A little piece of you (This is not America)
A little peace in me
Will go
[Chorus]
[Black Rob]
Yo, why you cocksuckers pullin' me over
Racial profilin' me cause I ain't pushin' no Nova
I'm up to par lookin'
I know police corruption is up this year and y'all crooked
Took my hard white
Had niggas sellin' the same block, pumpin' the same night
Arrest me, come to court and lie
Yeah that's him, pointin' like I'm the guy
What chu' want those is me of the block
Yo, so you can serve fiends everytime they knock
Just last summer had the mad Hummer
They took that and didn't even give me they badge number
So how am I supposed to feel
Who I'm supposed to call when the shit gets real
Word man I'd rather dial 8-1-1 when it's important
Plus they ain't tryin' to score like Ed Norton, word
[Chorus to fade]
f/ Black Rob, Loon, Kain, Mark Curry
[P. Diddy]
This is not America
Bad Boy baby, David Bowie, let's go
[Chorus: David Bowie]
This is not America
This is not America
This is not America
This is not America
[P. Diddy]
Land where my father died, land where my children cried
Come on, America, ain't no barriers
Free the strings, let's see how freedom rings
One nation all gettin' down for the dollars
And the heat is gettin' hotter
But a lot don't understand
Just the way some plan to break you
I done seen the whole thing go straight through
Hungry for it, I'ma make you
Pay back what's due to me
Everybody gonna see, look what they put upon me
Made me a monster, two steps beyond ya
More streets to wonder
For which it stands for cause let's get it
Cause I'ma get mine for damn sure, come on
[Loon]
Screens, greens car candy painted
Chicks in cream is the American dream, ain't it?
I pledge allegiance to Beamers, dark skies
Sleepless nights on the block, two for fives
Deep in the struggles but need the hustle
Weed and blow shit I make the block bubble
I'm to the point where I'm playa hatin'
Fool in the stash and I'm losin' my patience
Medieval times in the chest of the beast
Come around sniffin' I'ma mess up ya fleece
Job lookin' I'd rather be pot cookin'
It's not America, son this is Brooklyn
Home of the shiesty, home of the crook
We signed joints, ain't scared to do a took
My country tis of thee, where there's no liberty
Just misery, ya heard me
[Chorus]
[Kain]
Now why can't I breathe with a gun and come free
If six dead people run this country
Now they come cause my crew's too large
Who the fuck put chu' in charge
Runnin' around here like you is God
Then they wonder why the shootin' starts
Gettin' checks with half my stacks
I forgot George Bush wrote half my raps
Murderin' people for blastin' facts
Then blamin' other cats for their tragic acts
I'm tryin' to get paid till my eyes is closin'
Cops is like freeze and I'm already frozen
So they clap and they brawl in hysteria
Tappin' Jackson callin' this area
Green gots cats crawlin' to bury ya
Don't blame Kain for the fall of America
[Chorus]
[Mark Curry]
Uh, yo what about these streets here
Before y'all creep here
Look around we there
365 days a year
Lines to cross no fear
And what appears to be roses
See I'm knowin' this
When I chose this
What's right
In broad day or night
More dope deals
I'm tryin' to stay on my heels
Every day's training day
Some things not in explainin' ways
Who said crimes don't pay
Choices to make
Ain't too many chances left to take
Things look so green
The sign of the times corruption politics, youg ones dyin'
What you made of
Either hate or love
Pressure on the nine when push come to shove
[Chorus]
[David Bowie]
A little piece of you (I'm ya worst nightmare)
A little peace in me
A little piece of you (This is not America)
A little peace in me
Will go
[Chorus]
[Black Rob]
Yo, why you cocksuckers pullin' me over
Racial profilin' me cause I ain't pushin' no Nova
I'm up to par lookin'
I know police corruption is up this year and y'all crooked
Took my hard white
Had niggas sellin' the same block, pumpin' the same night
Arrest me, come to court and lie
Yeah that's him, pointin' like I'm the guy
What chu' want those is me of the block
Yo, so you can serve fiends everytime they knock
Just last summer had the mad Hummer
They took that and didn't even give me they badge number
So how am I supposed to feel
Who I'm supposed to call when the shit gets real
Word man I'd rather dial 8-1-1 when it's important
Plus they ain't tryin' to score like Ed Norton, word
[Chorus to fade]
Written by John Mellencamp
I had a face so cute made a young girl cry
And I could blow 'em away with just a wink of my eye
I got all dolled up on a Saturday night
Can't find a lady so I'll start a fight
Hey but ain't that the American Dream
But at School the young boys would assemble down in the parking lot
And we spoke of the homecoming queen and all the goodies she's got
Well those stories would choke a semi
And every dare was do or die
Hey but ain't that the American Dream
(bridge)
Well I grew up believin' I could do what I wanted to do
When I got a little older I found that it just wasn't true
There's gotta be a place for me
Where I can out-be just what I want to be
Hey but ain't that the American Dream
Some of the girls are out teaching high school biology
And all of my boyfriends they work down at Cummmins factory
But me I'm still out on the streets trying to locate some destiny
Hey but ain't that the American Dream
(repeat bridge)
[Verse 1]
Uhhn!
Like muthafuck all y'all
Mr. Mike Tyson flow, uppercut all y'all
Step into my ring bitches, ding ding bitches
Click clack pow pow
[Mike Tyson talking]
Uhhn!
Like muthafuck all y'all
Mr. Mike Tyson flow, uppercut all
Uhhn!
Like muthafuck all y'all
Uhhn!
Like muthafuck all y'all
Mr. Mike Tyson flow, uppercut all y'all
Step into my ring bitches, ding ding bitches
Click clack pow pow ping ping bitches
I'm the green machine I mean king vision
I can see through yo' scene like clear screen, hear me?
To a lion you are just deer meat
Fear God fear me ser-ious us
P.E. YM them try them and die when I say so
Weezy F. hardful red go like Prego
It's all gravy tryna build like Legos
Betta "Let Go My Ego!" with some breakfast on the table
Yeah!
And I don't know how fake feel nigga cuz all my life I been a real nigga
Fuck ya girlfriend, fuck ya hommie too
I drop bombs I'm in the booth in a army suit
And I'm armed to shoot and I'm a marksmen too
And you're the target
Oops!
And everything gets better in time and time is forever
And muthafucka it's my time and I'm better
[Mike Tyson talking]
[Verse 2]
Hoe I go so hard
I'm so gone my I.D. is a postcard
I travel like B-ball with no calls
I play my roll and listen out for the roll ball
This is a movie and every movie must go off
But this gangsta doesn't die like O-Dogg
Say what up Blood!
What da lick Reid!?
Five star general and the six speed
Still hood like thick cheese bitch please
Him squeeze quicker than the wind breeze
Bullets that a trim trees
Simply shoot yours empty if be turn dat thick cheese to swiss cheese
Folla me! Folla me!
Fuck around and see a whole notha side of me
I separate yo' body with them hollow tips biologiest
Photographies, picture me in yo' bedroom with a mask on
Pistol to yo' head while you puttin' yo' pants on (Hurry up nigga)
Payton Manning offense Singletary defense
Super-duper-extra-much-really-very-street shit
That is how I keeps it rest in piece beats it
I do it how I do it cuz I know my nigga see me
And I'ma hold it down bitch yeah that crown fit
The boy got a flow that you can drown in
When you in the water watch them sharks, when you in the water watch dat salt
Young Carter no floss that was so raw ah
[Mike Tyson talking]
[Verse 3]
Hahaha!
Fuckin' right I'm a monster
Sharper than a blade like Sticky Fingers I'll sign ya
Mortal Kombat Street Fightin' like E. Honda
Murk ya and da dummie dat signed ya what's reallly
Fireman spit gasoline on ya contract
Fuck a pen I need a match fuck a bitch I need a batch of bitches
Y'all niggas act like a bunch of bitches
Blood bitches leave you in a tub of blood
Bitches young niggas, Young Money, young niggas, fuck pistols
We at yo' window with scud missles Young Carter
Big nuts and they hung farther than ya father's
I used to see you
on every T.V.
Your smiling face
looked back at me.
I used to see you
on every T.V.
Your smiling face
looked back at me.
Then they caught you
with the girl next door,
People's money
piled on the floor,
Accusations
that you try to deny,
Revelations
and rumors begin to fly.
Now you think about
reaching out
Maybe get some help
from above.
Now you think about
reaching out
Maybe get some help
from above.
Reporters crowd around
your house.
Going through your garbage
like a pack of hounds,
Speculating what they
may find out,
It don't matter now,
you're all washed up.
You wake up in the middle
of the night.
Your sheets are wet
and your face is white,
You tried to make
a good thing last,
How could something so good,
go bad, so fast?
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream.
Don't know when
things went wrong,
Might have been when you
were young and strong.
Don't know when
things went wrong,
Might have been when you
were young and strong.
Reporters crowd around
your house.
Going through your garbage
like a pack of hounds,
Speculating what they
may find out,
It don't matter now,
you're all washed up.
Don't know when
things went wrong,
Might have been when you
were young and strong.
American dream, American dream.
Don't know when
things went wrong,
Might have been when you
were young and strong.
I hate my family, hate my school, speed limits and the golden rule.
Hate people who aren't what they seem, more than anything else, American Dream.
American Dream's gonna swallow you whole, it's bursting at the seam,
It'll sweep you away, so enjoy it today, tomorrow you'll be old thus useless.
American Dream... American Dream....
American Dream, that's ok, 'cause no one dare give you away.
I hate my job, I hate your god, I hate hypocrites and common slobs.
Hate people who aren't what they seem, more than anything else, American Dream.
Promise me today I'll have a Chevrolet, with whitewalls on the side,
One boy, one girl, comfortable lies
The American Dream... American Dream...
American Dream, that's ok, 'cause no one dare give you away.
American Dream!
[McGruff]
(check it, Yo!)
Crooked corrupted criminal crime boss with cream
cocaine hustler, blowing out the brains of busters
being my mansion, chilling inhalin the ganja smoke
counting mad cream, weighin tons of coke
guarded by thugs and rottweilers
I flood the streets with drugs and clock dollars
niggas get plugged when my glock collers
skunk smokers, philly and aisle ripper
cristal sipper, I've been a willy for awhile nigga
'Gruff got hoes, the man with all the nachos
expensive hot clothes, drop top Rolls
east coast west coast fiends overdose
'Gruff get the cream with my team and I'm ghost
[Murda Mase]
This money be temptin me, to jump out the MPV, empty 3
clips of hollow tips with no sympathy
since 14 I sold morphine for more green
kept open a nautica coat under the draw sting
and watched out for cops, squad cars, and beamerz
and laundry ninas
flea the country to Argentina
laid back in the beach (yeah)
coastin with commuters
smokin the buddahs, on the cruiseline boat to Aruba
for awhile yo, pump the vowel so, I can pile dough
then become a Harlem Kingpin just like Al Po'
get paid so, I can lay low, in San Diego
with yay-o so I can ship it out whenever I say so
[Chorus]
Yo! Makin' this money is the American Dream
East Coast to West Coast you know what I mean
Whether its Uptown, Downtown you pick the scene
you gots to get your own scheme
We ain't splitin this cream
[Killa Kam]
Yo! Imma run hestrically, till they bury me, count numerically
hills of Beverly, more grands than cherokee
president like Eric B., and Rakim
Drug game I'm top ten, locked in , right now its not an option
and those who creep, got the Mac in the heat
they got the 5 inch screens in the back of the seat
and now they got to steady braggin
last year, had me saggin', wasn't ready when heavy
was back tossed me in the paddywagon
but ain't nobody out here stoppin love
cause we was 12 years old in the Cotton Club, poppin Bub
so Hall of Fame without the fortune, Goddamn you wrong
Killa kid Kama'Ron surviving in the Amazon
[BloodShed]
Yo! I leave you dazed and froze
with all kinds of amazing flows
money surrounded I counted with bathing with Asian Hoes
back home niggas is after me
I'm back to sea sippin daquiri's
coke factory, fiends baggin up crack for me
from cutting up rocks to investing in stocks
nautica yachts, and knots busting outa my socks
now thats bloods play the chub
all the ladies love me, they hate who made me hubby
behind my back they say my babys ugly
each night I sleep, with freaks with Lamborghini, jeeps
neighbors be sneaking peeks, how my semen leaks, between the sheets
mess up my loot, I cut your collars, Juan
cause these is modern times, and the only thing I see is dollar signs
[Chorus]
Yo! Makin' this money is the American Dream
East Coast to West Coast you know what I mean
Whether its Uptown, Downtown you pick the scene
you gots to get your own scheme
We ain't splitin this cream
[Big L]
Check It!
To be sittin clean, in the mean beams is every teams dream
Big L's a Cream Fiend, with more green than Springsteen
yo know I'm crazy quick to smack a groupie
I'm known to mack a hoochie, do I got stacks of lucci? (absolutely)
Harlem Kids is known for felonies, and sellin keys, pushin 300z's
Gee-Es- 3's, and puffin trees, these Gees breeze while Dee-Tees
be yellin freeze, we stash cheese while keepin pockets full of centuries
Aye-Yo I'm set for the rest of my life
Some clown that laid the threat cause I had sex with his wife
I stuck my tool to his brain, so that fool can get slain
nigga, yo' bitch choose me, you know the rules to the game
[Chorus]
Yo! Makin' this money is the American Dream
East Coast to West Coast you know what I mean
Whether its Uptown, Downtown you pick the scene
you gots to get your own scheme
We ain't splitin this cream
Yea What?
Harlem on the Rise
Blood shed
Killa Kam
Six Figures
Cee-O-Cee
Chuck Blassie
My Man man Mase, the Bad Boy
uptown
McGruff
Big L
I beg your pardon, mama, what did you say?
My mind was drifting off on Martinique Bay
It's not that I'm not interested, you see
Augusta, Georgia is just no place to be
I think Jamaican in the moonlight
Sandy beaches, drinking rum every night
We got no money, mama, but we can go
We'll split the difference, go to Coconut Grove
Keep on talking, mama, I can hear
Your voice, it tickles down inside of my ear
I feel a tropical vacation this year
Might be the answer to this hillbilly fear
I think Jamaican in the moonlight
Sandy beaches, drinking rum every night
We got no money, mama, but we can go
We'll split the difference, go to Coconut Grove
Voila! An American Dream
Well, we can travel girl, without any means
When it's as easy as closing your eyes
And dream Jamaica is a big neon sign
Just keep talking, mama, I like that sound
It goes so easy with that rain falling down
I think a tropical vacation this year
Might be the answer to this hillbilly fear and
Voila! An American Dream
Yeah, we can travel, girl, without any means
When it's as easy as closing your eyes
And dream Jamaica is a big neon sign
Just think Jamaican in the moonlight
Sandy beaches, drinking rum every night
We got no money, mama, but we can go
Things you can't deny you best believe it when everything you wanted is gone
Struck down although you don't like it nothing of value to be found
Violence breeds violence you know we'll never stop it for progress we will protect the game
We struck the fuse you can't refuse it the memory is all that will remain
The political scene coming apart at the seams
Its the end of the American Dream
The temperature is ready to burst
The future is not what it seems for the American Dream
Time has come you know we can't stop it
You know that the end is drawing near
Knocked down the sound of it collapsing
So loud no one can hear
Mindless old tyrants
do you hear the sirens song that will herald your demise
excessive sessions on your transgressions
I'm learning lessons to make mistakes,
If I get burned no embers break.
You told me I'm my destiny,
While your power gets the best of me.
Repeatedly I get neglected,
You claim I am un-perfected.
Now watch my frustration grow,
And wonder why this girl let go.
Do what you want, make me into your American Dream.
Say what you want, just another part of your mad machine.
Make what you want, who can I blame?
You're all the same.
Isn't jealous sweet, sleeping with the enemy?
I tried fifty states of miserable.
I walk on through, though intolerable.
Emotions blank, no landscapes changed.
I'm at the between a rock and a place.
I might be alright, I could be okay.
I don't think I would try to throw it away.
Do what you want, make me into your American Dream.
Say what you want, just another part of your mad machine.
Make what you want, who can I blame?
You're all the same.
Isn't jealous sweet, sleeping with the enemy?
If you prescribed anything, numb reality and bring back to me those melodies,
That you always take from me.
Do what you want, make me into your American Dream.
Say what you want, just another part of your mad machine.
Make what you want, who can I blame?
You're all the same.
Big money, why you say
I'm off up in this thang
I'm always party for the party cause the crooked show up late
Nigger classing like a Atari matter of fact like '88
Keep the baddest bitches with me
Cause it lets me see who hate
Fucking hate, fucking great, ' dick '
I got money, I got plenty, wanna share get a plate
See we straight over here rocking chicks from every where
' I'm the freshest thing that's out
The flyest thing that in
See I be on that polo '
Y'all blowing on the loud,
I'm blowing in the wind
So if y'all niggers the losers
Well I guess that mean I win, out
American dream, I am bout cream
About winning, Charlie Sheen
Big things, tv screens
I'm about winning, Charlie Sheen, Sherlie Sheen
About winning, Charlie Sheen
Big things, tv screens
I'm about winning, Charlie Sheen
' in the back of the beamer, getting laid
I'm a motherfucking renegade
Y'all should be very afraid
Cause I bring them hell for heaven's sake
Can we all ' let's pop some bottles celebrate
While I get dough like collection plate
Fuck I really seen here, haters getting jealous
' green light status
The meanest, toughest, baddest yea
You should call me show no
So I ain't shit you can tell us
You can hear him yelling oh fuck
Party ain't a party tell me and my brothers show up
5, 4, 3, 2 we about to blow up
You know what, hold up
Tiger blood inside my veins, you know I'm about to go nuts
American dream, I am bout cream
About winning, Charlie Sheen
Big things, tv screens
I'm about winning, Charlie Sheen, Sherlie Sheen
About winning, Charlie Sheen
Big things, tv screens
I'm about winning, Charlie Sheen
' she said she want shots
' I'm the truth ' don't believe me
Motherfucker, you a sucker,
I could tell I never love them
I just fuck them, give them nothing
It ain't tricking if you got it,
'Stupid like my '
'Is the chronic, doggy style when I be riding
I'm a problem'so I told my label'
I'm the truth no substitiutions'
I'm so cookie, I'm so lupe'
So I guess that I'm amazing, right
American dream, I am bout cream
About winning, Charlie Sheen
Big things, tv screens
I'm about winning, Charlie Sheen, Sherlie Sheen
About winning, Charlie Sheen
Big things, tv screens
I'm about winning, Charlie Sheen
American dream, I am bout cream
About winning, Charlie Sheen
Big things, tv screens
I'm about winning, Charlie Sheen, Sherlie Sheen
About winning, Charlie Sheen
Big things, tv screens
Welcome home to the land of the free
Free to lose your mind
A bill of rights, but who's right to be so wrong?
Woken up again from an American Dream
Back to reality, a sad shadow of a nation long lost
Corrupt with power but not entitled to use it
Propaganda force fed to us like pigs prepared for a slaughter
While gluttonous hogs feast off our bones
If you're wrong, take it out on me
And if you're right, there's nothing left to say
And if you've won, turn your rust to gold
But if you're wrong, throw yourself away
Resurgence of the fourth reich here in America
Silently, swiftly, creepin' through your area
Hysteria
No rights left from Miranda
As she feeds us propaganda like a fuckin' cafeteria
Give us a voice just to zip up our lips
Given no choice but just to stick to the script
'Cuz improvisation is a threat to the nation
An invasion on the United States of Corporation
A stain on the image they keep tryin' to paint
The portrait of sinner, depicted as a saint
But a saint ain't meant to be one to deceive
Abuse power and cease to occupy overseas
But when we as a people occupy Wall Street
We get beaten and sprayed, cuffed and taken away
Nothing less than Marshal Law with the NDAA
They just label us as terrorists and lock us in the bay
If you're wrong, take it out on me
And if you're right, there's nothing left to say
And if you've won, turn your rust to gold
I used to see you on every T.V.
Your smiling face looked back at me.
I used to see you on every T.V.
Your smiling face looked back at me.
Then they caught you with the girl next door,
People's money piled on the floor,
Accusations that you try to deny,
Revelations and rumors begin to fly.
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above.
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above.
Reporters crowd around your house.
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,
Speculating what they may find out,
It don't matter now, you're all washed up.
You wake up in the middle of the night.
Your sheets are wet and your face is white,
You tried to make a good thing last,
How could something so good, go bad, so fast?
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream.
Don't know when things went wrong,
Might have been when you were young and strong.
Don't know when things went wrong,
Might have been when you were young and strong.
Reporters crowd around your house.
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,
Speculating what they may find out,
It don't matter now, you're all washed up.
Don't know when things went wrong,
Might have been when you were young and strong.
American dream, American dream.
Don't know when things went wrong,
Might have been when you were young and strong.
[Intro: Thurapy]
Yeah! Braaveheart Records!
Phyzical Thurapy.
See the people say they want harder,
Well I'll bring it twice as hard,
Let's go... 312...
[Chorus: Thurapy]
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name (I said),
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name.
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name (I said),
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Ameri err err single Amerikan.
[Verse 1: Thurapy]
Now I'm a prime example of a hustla's dream'ah,
I will shatter records like Hurricane Katrina,
I don't give a f*** if I run these streets,
Boy we don't play games we love to cut meat,
See I got Amerikan muscle you got nothin',
I got Amerikan hustle you still frontin',
You know you got lock in da game
When you hear people screamin' ya name
(screamin' ya name)
So this is how you gonna' tell me this is how to run it,
Well lil' man I'm on top and you strugglin',
I don't need V.I.P. when I roll to da club,
'Cause I own that land and err thing above. (C'mon!)
[Chorus: Thurapy]
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name (I said),
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name.
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name (I said),
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Ameri err err single Amerikan.
[Verse 2: Phyzical]
Yeah... ok...
Jags, BMW's, Hummers, and Rolls Royce's,
Top notch models "do not disturb" noises,
I get easy money cause I hustle with the big names,
Climbed from the bottom to the top of the rap game,
And now I got a fan base, this is messed up mayne,
Similar to bein' out in Vegas sniffin' cocaine,
I'm the definition of an over-achiever,
Fire like a heater, followin' the leader,
Some were born to hate, I was born to succeed,
If you really jealous of me, take a seat and we can beef,
But remember I go all in, cash-money benjamins,
I'm a hot playa flyin' high cause I'm BALLIN'...
[Chorus: Thurapy]
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name (I said),
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name.
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name (I said),
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Ameri err err single Amerikan.
[Verse 3: Thurapy]
I'm ridin' large in charge the name's Thurapy,
Haters just mad 'cause they ain't got my destiny,
I do it fo' da fans 'cause they never seem to hate me,
But I love it when I'm hated 'cause the haters they make me,
Yes! I will rock da show, 'Cause I turned food stamps into doe,
And yes! I am the Amerikan Dream,
Got the white, got the black, got the in between,
So just get low to the ground like you dodgin' a bullet,
Got 20 grand in my hand who's brave enough to pull it?
Homey lifes on a tick and then come death,
(But before that) Make it all worth every breath.
[Chorus: Thurapy]
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name (I said),
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name.
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Amerikan screamin' my name (I said),
I am the Amerikan Dream,
I got err single Ameri err err single Amerikan.
[Outro: Thurapy]
In the land of the free, under the thumb
Divided and conquered TV keeps us numb
Coast to coast a la-la land
From cradle to grave with our heads in the sand
Nice and easy a conveniece oasis
Screwed with a chainsaw, all smiling faces
Born superheroes mega fantastic
Serving the one and only god plastic
A bang for a buck, an eye for an eye
In the USofA we just live to die
American dream a lifeless horror
The western world has no tomorrow
American dream yes, no, maybe
American nightmare wake up baby
Imperialism with the best of intentions
Our nation's built on ruthless expansion
Policing the planet in every dimension
Protecting the world by blunt intervention
We live to kil and kill to live
The principle is always take never give
When cash in hand is the judge and jury
Things look best when the vision is blurry
A bang for a buck, an eye for an eye
In the USofA we just live to die
American dream a lifeless horror
The western world has no tomorrow
American dream yes, no, maybe
American nightmare wake up baby
We stick to the rules, we're polite and PC
We live and breath idiosyncrasy
No need to complain or kick up a fuss
We sold our selves out now the jokes on us
Kept in america somehow acquitted
Denial, denial we all know you did it
Innocence, pride, stabbed in the back
In the home of the brave defense equals attack
A bang for a buck, an eye for an eye
In the USofA we just live to die
American dream a lifeless horror
The western world has no tomorrow
American dream yes, no, maybe
American nightmare wake up baby
USofA we just live to die (x2)
A bang for a buck, an eye for an eye
In the USofA we just live to die
We just live to die (x2)
USofA we just live to die (x2)
A bang for a buck, an eye for an eye
In the USofA we just live to die
Let me start off with the dreams that America made
'cause I think you got to see it through American ways
Do we tell you how society's addicted to porn
Did we tell you how we kill little babies when they're born
Do we tell you that our churches will never join hands
Although we're on the same battle for that promised land
Did we tell you how the music is nothing but fights
But it's alright when the news gets a story to hype
Did we show you all the money that we got in the past
But when we see the poor people, keep on walking and pass
And we keep the liquor legal though it's killing our kids
I guess a billion dollar industry is too much to risk
Some only mourn over the towers when they're lost and gone
'cause it messed up all the balance of their stocks and bonds
Get the picture in here, things aren't always what they seem
Come and step inside, it's the American Dream
When the fight strikes here you decide to play
Realize what goes on overseas everyday
America... Welcome to America
Doom all your children to foes and fools
'cause they can't lift a prayer in their only school
In America... Welcome to America
Cops don't listen no more, they only look
See some dark baggy jeans so he must be a crook
America's falling and to me it hurts
When they fight because they don't like peircings in the church
Are you willing to turn away soul who's needing God
Watch for these christians, 'cause most are fraud
Fakes and snakes that debate over the great
But wait, He preached love, why do we form hate
Why do we seperate, and fight for fate
We don't deserve this place, we get inside through grace
All sin, but America won't stand and act
On it's own map, we're too busy bombing Iraq
You complain about the violence when things get rugged
But you wanna take my God out of all the public
You don't make any sense when you complain, see this
Find a better role model than my Jesus
Land of the free, I say land of the lost
So I died unto me, nailed my hands on the cross
This is true freedom, put your fights in this
Because my God always said there'd be nights like this
You ignore the fact, that America's based
On christianity and not something you can erase
So I'm speaking in for all when I speak tonight
'cause me and my people goin' out with a fight
Life, liberty, justice, peace
I see all the Americans that trust this speech
The system is a lie, I can see it inside
When presidents smoke weed and they cheat on their wives
I don't want to be silent, keep the stakes aside
If I keep my mouth shut we're all doomed to die
So no matter what comes, it's about to get ugly
Last time I saw you, you had dirt under your nails
Your eyes were glassy and you looked so pale
You said my life has become a livin' hell
Ain't got enough money to pay my bills
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
Got a friend with a needle stuck in his arm
He got hooked on heroin in Vietnam
It used to help kill the pain some of the time
Now I can't sleep at all since I got back home
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
I worked in the strip mines off and on
Now I can't seem to get rid of this cough
Ain't been many jobs these last few months
And the last one I had I got laid off
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
I ain't got no hot water and they shut off the heat
Can you loan me some money for something to eat
Been out here on this corner for about a week
Tryin' hard to stand on my own two feet
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
They want to try and tell me where I can live
They kicked me off my land and told me they'd give me
A nice little tract house with running water
But how am I gonna explain that to my Navaho mother
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
My American dream almost came true
But the things they promised me never came through
I believe in the American dream
But things are never quite what they seem
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
Well I, love a country that's in decay
We fell asleep and then we lost our way yeah yeah
We turned a profit selling our souls
This lie, that we're passing down to the kids
That Uncle Sam aint really hit the skids no no
Your pretty asset fell in a hole
American dream
Your huddled masses want a fantasy
American dream
Your pure abundance is a fallacy
American dream
Getting fat on your happy meals
You hide the hunger and the shady deals yeah yeah
You never thought the tables would turn
You got burned, when you trusted the masters hand
You felt entitled but it's all a scam yeah yeah
Your melting down the pennies you earned
American dream
Your aging muscles are in atrophy
American dream
Its time to wake up to reality
American dream
My country 'tis of thee
Sweet land of lust and greed
Land where my father's died
For all our rascist pride
You lied, only piss ever trickles down
Another king is yearning for the crown yeah yeah
Another circus coming to town
Your stucco castle burned to the ground
American dream
Don't try to legislate morality
American dream
While you were piling up the casualties
American dream
Fear and consumption is your legacy
American dream
Your fat and happy in your agony
American dream....American dream
American dream...American dream
why can’t everything be as real as You are to me
why doesn’t everyone say just what they mean
why must we hide behind smiles we strain to find
why can’t everything be exactly as it’s meant to be
the american dream. so fleeting. no meaning.
but i’ve got a reason.
the american dream. so fleeting. no meaning.
but i’ve got a reason to live
walking down the street, they’re filling the coffee shops
sipping their usual cup, society’s pick-me-up
faces all the same
i nod at what’s her name
it’s just another day
they’re all the same
chorus
i’ve got reason to live
looking down the street today
crime and war is all I've got to see
you look around, you want to know
is it really my country?
sometimes I wonder where it went
is it in bombs they always send
to killers round the world?
where's the other side
of my american dream?
and still they teach that dream in school
equality from sea to shining sea
you look around, you want to know
is it really my country?
you see that man there on the ground
just step over or around
his dreams have brought him down
where's the other side
of my american dream
where's the other side
[McGruff]
(check it, Yo!)
Crooked corrupted criminal crime boss with cream
cocaine hustler, blowing out the brains of busters
being my mansion, chilling inhalin the ganja smoke
counting mad cream, weighin tons of coke
guarded by thugs and rottweilers
I flood the streets with drugs and clock dollars
niggas get plugged when my glock collers
skunk smokers, philly and aisle ripper
cristal sipper, I've been a willy for awhile nigga
'Gruff got hoes, the man with all the nachos
expensive hot clothes, drop top Rolls
east coast west coast fiends overdose
'Gruff get the cream with my team and I'm ghost
[Murda Mase]
This money be temptin me, to jump out the MPV, empty 3
clips of hollow tips with no sympathy
since 14 I sold morphine for more green
kept open a nautica coat under the draw sting
and watched out for cops, squad cars, and beamerz
and laundry ninas
flea the country to Argentina
laid back in the beach (yeah)
coastin with commuters
smokin the buddahs, on the cruiseline boat to Aruba
for awhile yo, pump the vowel so, I can pile dough
then become a Harlem Kingpin just like Al Po'
get paid so, I can lay low, in San Diego
with yay-o so I can ship it out whenever I say so
[Chorus]
Yo! Makin' this money is the American Dream
East Coast to West Coast you know what I mean
Whether its Uptown, Downtown you pick the scene
you gots to get your own scheme
We ain't splitin this cream
[Killa Kam]
Yo! Imma run hestrically, till they bury me, count
numerically
hills of Beverly, more grands than cherokee
president like Eric B., and Rakim
Drug game I'm top ten, locked in , right now its not an
option
and those who creep, got the Mac in the heat
they got the 5 inch screens in the back of the seat
and now they got to steady braggin
last year, had me saggin', wasn't ready when heavy
was back tossed me in the paddywagon
but ain't nobody out here stoppin love
cause we was 12 years old in the Cotton Club, poppin
so Hall of Fame without the fortune, Goddamn you wrong
Killa kid Kama'Ron surviving in the Amazon
[BloodShed]
Yo! I leave you dazed and froze
with all kinds of amazing flows
money surrounded I counted with bathing with Asian Hoes
back home niggas is after me
I'm back to sea sippin daquiri's
coke factory, fiends baggin up crack for me
from cutting up rocks to investing in stocks
nautica yachts, and knots busting outa my socks
now thats bloods play the chub
all the ladies love me, they hate who made me hubby
behind my back they say my babys ugly
each night I sleep, with freaks with Lamborghini, jeeps
neighbors be sneaking peeks, how my semen leaks,
between the sheets
mess up my loot, I cut your collars, Juan
cause these is modern times, and the only thing I see
is dollar signs
[Chorus]
Yo! Makin' this money is the American Dream
East Coast to West Coast you know what I mean
Whether its Uptown, Downtown you pick the scene
you gots to get your own scheme
We ain't splitin this cream
[Big L]
Check It!
To be sittin clean, in the mean beams is every teams
dream
Big L's a Cream Fiend, with more green than Springsteen
yo know I'm crazy quick to smack a groupie
I'm known to mack a hoochie, do I got stacks of lucci?
(absolutely)
Harlem Kids is known for felonies, and sellin keys,
pushin 300z's
Gee-Es- 3's, and puffin trees, these Gees breeze while
Dee-Tees
be yellin freeze, we stash cheese while keepin pockets
full of centuries
Aye-Yo I'm set for the rest of my life
Some clown that laid the threat cause I had sex with
his wife
I stuck my tool to his brain, so that fool can get
slain
nigga, yo' bitch choose me, you know the rules to the
game
[Chorus]
Yo! Makin' this money is the American Dream
East Coast to West Coast you know what I mean
Whether its Uptown, Downtown you pick the scene
you gots to get your own scheme
We ain't splitin this cream
Yea What?
Harlem on the Rise
Blood shed
Killa Kam
Six Figures
Cee-O-Cee
Chuck Blassie
My Man man Mase, the Bad Boy
uptown
McGruff
Big L
One two
One two three four
You fill my cup
I wanna drink it all up
Until I can't see straight
I can't feel anything
So get up and get over here
(Dream)
Come down in a minute
Let's all get fucked up
Baby come on
Let's all fall apart at the seams
It's the American dream
(Dream)
I don't worry bout the mess I made
Because I just got paid
And I wanna get sideways
Oh yeah can you feel it
Sinking in
So get up and get over here
One two
One two three four
(Dream)
Come down in a minute
Let's all get fucked up
Baby come on
Let's all fall apart at the seams
It's the American dream
You fill my cup
I wanna drink it all up
Until I can't see straight
I can't feel anything
It's the American dream
Get up and get over here
Get up and get over here
Get up and get over here
Get up and get over here
So get up and get over here
So get up and get over here
(Dream)
Come down in a minute
Let's all get fucked up
Baby come on
Let's all fall apart at the seams
It's the American dream
(Dream)
Come down in a minute
Let's all get fucked up
Baby come on
Let's all fall apart at the seams
It's the American dream
You fill my cup
I wanna drink it all up
Until I can't see straight
I can't feel anything
It's the American dream
(Dream)
There was a girl
There was a shoreline
Was an american dream
Hear her laughing
Really feels like
An american dream
There was a t.v. turned down
Still i heard a scream
And i woke up
From my american dream
How long have i been sleeping?
How long til i rest in your arms again?
There was a white rose
And she shone there
In an american dream
Through the rocket red glare
Of an american dream
Through the shut blind
The sunshine, in a broken beam
Woke me up
From my american dream
How long have i been sleeping?
How long til i rest in your arms again?
I still look for the girl
Along the shoreline
Of an american dream
The wind on her dress
Waving the bright flag
I used to see you on every T.V.
Your smiling face looked back at me.
I used to see you on every T.V.
Your smiling face looked back at me.
Then they caught you with the girl next door,
People's money piled on the floor,
Accusations that you try to deny,
Revelations and rumors begin to fly.
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above.
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above.
Reporters crowd around your house.
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,
Speculating what they may find out,
It don't matter now, you're all washed up.
You wake up in the middle of the night.
Your sheets are wet and your face is white,
You tried to make a good thing last,
How could something so good, go bad, so fast?
American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream.
Don't know when things went wrong,
Might have been when you were young and strong.
Don't know when things went wrong,
Might have been when you were young and strong.
Reporters crowd around your house.
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,
Speculating what they may find out,
It don't matter now, you're all washed up.
Don't know when things went wrong,
Might have been when you were young and strong.
American dream, American dream.
Don't know when things went wrong,
Might have been when you were young and strong.
Pink suitcase
And a princess gown
A movie star in my home town
She said she came back home so she can breathe
She take her pills
And sings her songs
With a broken delivery all night long
The life she had to live was tragedy
Daddy worked for Jesus
Sister leads the Pain
Bobbys out of rehab
And lizzys coming in
Mothers medicated
Nothings what it seems
Suddenly she finds out the American dream
She woke up late in the afternoon
She smiled at me said I'll be there soon
Why don't you pack your things and come with me
She take her pills
And sings her songs
With a broken delivery all night long
Hollywood was made for you and me
Daddy worked for Jesus
Sister leads the Pain
Bobbys out of rehab
And lizzys coming in
Mothers medicated
Nothings what it seems
Suddenly you find out the American dream
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