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