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[Sample - Nas: "Political"]
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[Newscaster:] "Recently there has been an emergence of socially
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Conscious and political rappers. It seems to be
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A new trend in the Hip-Hop world. "
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[Dj scratches sample - Nas: "Nas is a rebel to America" 3X]
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[Vers 1: Nas]
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Yeah, check it, uh
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Spot build-rocker, lil' papa killed Hoffa
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Beard lil' longer, feel strong and I'll 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 on cat tranquilizer
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Rap guys get bank and think they messiahs, but they liars
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Vote for 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, who you gonna elect
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Satan or Satan? In the hood nothin is changin, uh
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We ain't got no choices who to choose
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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, then she gotta prove that she
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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 as the hood as my councilman, uh
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[Chorus: Kelis]
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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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([Nas:] 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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[Verse 2: Nas]
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Up in the steam room chillin', exfoliating 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 spots an expensive place
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Manhattan New York, I'm try'na keep steamin'
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It's good for the lungs, had plans for the evening
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This man leans in, his boys laughing
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Now I'm the spokesperson for Black men, this always happens
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Says, "Since all Black women care about is who got dough
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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 Lewinksy or Donald Trump's pimping 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 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 shopping with my dime
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Catch you cowards the next time, the next rhyme, uh
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[Chorus: Kelis singing]
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
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([Nas:] 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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([Nas:] Cause that's the American way. What up, K?)
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
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([Nas:] 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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([Nas:] Ha, yeah)
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I don't care about the runaways
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I don't care about who's gay
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I don't care about dying of aids
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But I care if I got paid
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Who even cares about the president?
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I think they're making a mistake
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I don't care about the hurricane
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As long as my family's safe
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I don't care about the candidates
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They burnt this country to bits
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way ([Nas:] Uh)
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Can we make a change
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You know it's not overnight
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Let's start the fight (Nas: And ya don't stop, uh)
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Can we make a change
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You know it's not overnight
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Let's start the fight (Nas: Yeah)
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Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way
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[Sample - Nas: Nas is a rebel to America!]
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