American Way

American Way Lyrics

Song American Way
Artist Nas
Album Street's Disciple
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[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]
[00:20.10]
[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 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' 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, shit
[01:48.66] Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
[01:52.04] Cause that's the American
[01:54.10] Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
[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
[02:07.74]
[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 bitch 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, shit
[03:00.59] That's the American
[03:01.78] Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
[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, shit
[03:10.84] That's the American
[03:12.02] Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way, shit
[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?
[03:26.22]
[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
[03:36.35]
[03:37.44] They burnt this country to bits
[03:39.70] Yeah I think about this everyday, that's the American Way
[03:45.38]
[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!]
[04:08.45]
[00:00.00] zuo ci : 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 HipHop world."
[00:13.54][DJ scratches sample - Nas: "Nas is a rebel to America" 3X]
[00:20.10]
[00:25.54][Vers 1: Nas]
[00:27.60] Yeah, check it, uh
[00:28.54] Spot buildrocker, 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] Tenyears ago they were tryin to stop our voices
[01:04.91] And end HipHop, 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 HipHop community a noose
[01:24.29] Need a truce with the gangs and some food for the hungry
[01:27.10] 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' 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, shit
[01:48.66] Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit
[01:52.04] Cause that' s the American
[01:54.10] Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit
[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
[02:07.74]
[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 bitch 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 nonBlack groupies or floozies
[02:42.21] But who are we to blame, not the dames
[02:44.65] It' s a manmade 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, shit
[03:00.59] That' s the American
[03:01.78] Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit
[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, shit
[03:10.84] That' s the American
[03:12.02] Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit
[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?
[03:26.22]
[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
[03:36.35]
[03:37.44] They burnt this country to bits
[03:39.70] Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way
[03:45.38]
[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!]
[04:08.45]
[00:00.00] zuò cí : 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 HipHop world."
[00:13.54][DJ scratches sample - Nas: "Nas is a rebel to America" 3X]
[00:20.10]
[00:25.54][Vers 1: Nas]
[00:27.60] Yeah, check it, uh
[00:28.54] Spot buildrocker, 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] Tenyears ago they were tryin to stop our voices
[01:04.91] And end HipHop, 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 HipHop community a noose
[01:24.29] Need a truce with the gangs and some food for the hungry
[01:27.10] 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' 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, shit
[01:48.66] Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit
[01:52.04] Cause that' s the American
[01:54.10] Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit
[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
[02:07.74]
[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 bitch 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 nonBlack groupies or floozies
[02:42.21] But who are we to blame, not the dames
[02:44.65] It' s a manmade 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, shit
[03:00.59] That' s the American
[03:01.78] Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit
[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, shit
[03:10.84] That' s the American
[03:12.02] Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way, shit
[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?
[03:26.22]
[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
[03:36.35]
[03:37.44] They burnt this country to bits
[03:39.70] Yeah I think about this everyday, that' s the American Way
[03:45.38]
[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!]
[04:08.45]
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