be Here in the land of the brave and the free In the year of nineteen five Merely trying to survive Took my knapsack in my hand Caught a train for Switzerland America, America
Americans We as a Americans, us as a citizen Gotta protect ourselves, look at our shit has been We better check ourselves livin' up in these streets Through worse and through better health Surviving
a time when a country celebrates But as your hand touches your heart Remember we all played a part in America To help that banner wave First clock to be made In America
s life We survive, it's more than pride We stay alive, ready to ride September 11, 2001 Terrorists attack the Pentagon and the World Trade Center Kills thousand and permanently scars America
boat of thought, that my man Louis' statements just provoked Caught up, in conversations of our personal worth Brought up, through endangered species status on the planet Earth Survival
time after the storm And I guess they were shocked that you know she was alive And rescue worker said, "So, oh my God h-how did you survive How did you
it Even though I don't rob banks or sell street rocks I still be callin collect to Trae to say, come bail me out This crooked-ass America, I swear
, we starving for real Little babies dying of thirst, plus they starving for meals The main reason, why these teenagers be robbing they peers America,
24/7, I'm in trouble for nothing To the laws on the topic, of they daily discussion Blood pumping and rushing, I gotta struggle to survive I be rapping
to with a panther and you just can't win Self proclaimed best supress the rest The rich get richer and the poor take less The American dream was the American
get away From all the confusion causin' pollution I know you wish you could run away From this substitution 'Cuz there's no solution to survive Another
culture is really what we give it But sometimes the culture contradicts how we live it 'Cause every black kid lives two and three lives The city's a jungle, only the strong will survive
surrended the Confederacy Jefferson Davis was upset about it He said how dare that man resent an order Form the president of the Confederate States of America
crack child Dodgin' crisis, three strike system, niggaz trapped in a vice grip You can't defeat me, I defy all odds and sabotages I survived Reagan, I survived
for the first time It was the worst time, it was the worst time The way I heard the earth cry I came to the shores of America disguised as a pillar
go with the flow And help your hommie get off his kilo Cause they have the neighborhood watchin your ass an the tv show Like americas most wanted well
Motown's Berry Gordy Turn *** **** into a chain of 40/40's Sorry, my jewelery so gawdy Slid into the party with my new pair of Maury's America meet
Pac Can you feel me? Why these fools tryin' to kill me? It's so hard to stay focused on me Isley prize But, if I don't Then Dogg won't survive, survive