American Way (Explicit Album Version)-Nas

[ti:American Way] [ar:Nas] [al:Streets Disciple] [by:] [offset:0] [00:05.28][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 " [00:13.53][DJ scratches sample - Nas: "Nas is a rebel to America" 3X] [00:20.10] [00:25.53][Vers 1: Nas] [00:27.60]Yeah check it uh [00:28.53]Spot build-rocker lil' papa killed Hoffa [00:29.72]Beard lil' longer feel strong and I'll stop ya [00:31.72]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 [00:44.59]I'm American too but I ain't with the president's crew [00:46.59]What you peddlin' and who you peddlin' to [00:48.97]You ain't got the ghetto with you [00:50.59]Try'na lead my sheep to the slaughterhouse [00:52.78]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 [01:00.47]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 [01:07.09]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 [01:19.78]Lie to the youth Uncle Tom you confused [01:21.72]Might as well give the Hip-Hop community a noose [01:24.28]Need a truce with the gangs and some food for the hungry [01:27.09]On Kerry nuts 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' a** 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 [01:39.47]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 sh*t [01:48.66]Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t [01:52.03]([Nas:] Cause that's the American way) [01:54.10]Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t [01:58.34]Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way [02:01.99][Verse 2: Nas] [02:02.80]Up in the steam room chillin' exfoliating the skin [02:05.36]It's rarely men conversatin' on ends probably businessmen [02:07.74] [02:08.83]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 [02:17.45]This man leans in his boys laughing [02:19.40]Now I'm the spokesperson for Black men this always happens [02:22.89]Says "Since all Black women care about is who got dough [02:25.27]And all we do is call them either b**ch or a Black hoe" [02:28.40]I say first brotha you ain't gotta be that cold [02:30.14]Since you ignorant I'ma show you how the facts go [02:32.02]The biggest example in scandal of history [02:34.52]Were Monica Lewinksy or Donald Trump's pimping spree [02:37.02]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 [02:49.08]So they deserve to earn man's purse [02:51.46]Matter fact I'm about to go shopping with my dime [02:53.77]Catch you cowards the next time the next rhyme uh [02:57.08][Chorus: Kelis singing] [02:58.27]Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t [03:00.58]([Nas:] That's the American way) [03:01.77]Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t [03:04.58]([Nas:] Cause that's the American way What up K ) [03:08.40]Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t [03:10.83]([Nas:] That's the American way) [03:12.02]Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t [03:14.71]([Nas:] Ha yeah) [03:16.65]I don't care about the runaways [03:18.27]I don't care about who's gay [03:20.08]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 [03:26.21] [03:26.91]I think they're making a mistake [03:29.97]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 [03:36.35] [03:37.44]They burnt this country to bits [03:39.69]Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way ([Nas:] Uh) [03:45.38] [03:46.13]Can we make a change [03:47.88]You know it's not overnight [03:50.25]Let's start the fight (Nas: And ya don't stop uh) [03:54.50]Can we make a change [03:56.94]You know it's not overnight [03:59.88]Let's start the fight (Nas: Yeah) [04:03.88]Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way [04:07.00][Sample - Nas: Nas is a rebel to America ]