We Are Americans

There's an intruder in my house

He cut my phone line: can't dial out

I scream for police, but I doubt

They're gonna hear me when I shout

A couple of *******tails'll send me to jail

There's a couple of cops hot on my trail

But this time, when I get pulled over

There's a Doberman Pinscher and a Pit Bull in the seat

These pigs'll get bit foolin' with me, quit foolin' with me

*******, you're gonna see, no pistol in the seat

Why it always gotta be an issue when you're me?

And which you're gonna see

In the long run, I'ma be the wrong one

You wanna harass with this limo-tinted glass

Fla*******n' that flashlight on my ass — where was you at

Last night when them assholes ran up on my grass?

Rapper slash actor, kiss the crack of my cracker slash ass

They took away my right to bear arms

What I'm 'posed to fight with, bare palms?

Yeah, right! They comin' with bombs

I'm comin' with flare guns; we as Americans

We as Americans, us as a citizen

Gotta protect ourselves, look at how *******t has been

We better check ourselves

Livin' up in these streets

Through worse and through better health

Survivin' by any means

We as Americans, us as a citizen

We are samaritans, what do we get us in?

We better check ourselves

Look at how *******t has been

Take a look where you live

This is America, and we are Americans

I make beaucoup bucks, wearin' beaucoup vests

Drama hangin' over my head like a voodoo hex

I coulda been next to fly over the cuckoo's nest

With you-know-who, with an S tatooed to my chest

But I've finessed it, now I've got the industry pissy

Ever since me and Dre split it fifty-fifty on 50

It's funny, we got a buzz spreadin' quicker

Than makin' paper airplanes out of a twenty

******* money! I don't rap for dead presidents

I'd rather see the President {dead}

It's never been said, but I set precedents

And the standards and they can't stand it

My name shoulda been bastard

The *******t shoulda been plastered

On my forehead with a stamp, I shoulda been blasted

I shoulda been had a cap put in my ass

But I'm too swift and fast for that, I'm past it

I'm too old to go and cruise Gratiot — ******* that *******t!

I done seen how fast this rap *******t

Can turn into some pap-pap *******t, that quick, snap click

But this time, they got the ******* automatic

Ain't no one gon' test this man — clack-click!

We as Americans, us as a citizen

Gotta protect ourselves, look at how *******t has been

We better check ourselves

Livin' up in these streets

Through worse and through better health

Survivin' by any means

We as Americans, us as a citizen

We are samaritans, what do we get us in?

We better check ourselves

Look at how *******t has been

Take a look where you live

This is America, and we are Americans

*sshhhhh* I got a secret, if you can keep it between us

I tuck two nina's under my jeans either side of my *******

Under my long johns, under my Sean Johns

One run-in with the long arm of the law I'm long gone

I'ma do five years — no less than that, no questions asked

So it might be a good idea that I stop right here

And quit while I'm ahead, already in the red

Already got a steady infrared meant for my head

A target on my back, bigger problems than that

Bin Laden on my ass, he probably gon' send a task

I ain't gon' even ask, they ain't gon' let me pack

They ain't gon' give me my semi, but I got my ******* back

We as Americans, us as a citizen

Gotta protect ourselves, look at how *******t has been

We better check ourselves

Livin' up in these streets

Through worse and through better health

Survivin' by any means

We as Americans, us as a citizen

We are samaritans, what do we get us in?

We better check ourselves

Look at how *******t has been

Take a look where you live

This is America, and we are Americans

[00:05.62] There's an intruder in my house

[00:12.95] He cut my phone line: can't dial out

[00:16.63] I scream for police, but I doubt

[00:21.53] They're gonna hear me when I shout

[00:41.84] [Verse 1]

[00:51.20] A couple of *******tails'll send me to jail

[00:53.98] There's a couple of cops hot on my trail

[00:56.26] But this time, when I get pulled over

[00:58.11] There's a Doberman Pinscher and a Pit Bull in the seat

[01:01.09] These pigs'll get bit foolin' with me, quit foolin' with me

[01:04.59] *******, you're gonna see, no pistol in the seat

[01:07.45] Why it always gotta be an issue when you're me?

[01:10.28] And which you're gonna see

[01:12.06] In the long run, I'ma be the wrong one

[01:13.76] You wanna harass with this limo-tinted glass

[01:16.47] Fla*******n' that flashlight on my ass — where was you at

[01:19.49] Last night when them assholes ran up on my grass?

[01:22.14] Rapper slash actor, kiss the crack of my cracker slash ass

[01:25.86] They took away my right to bear arms

[01:28.78] What I'm 'posed to fight with, bare palms?

[01:31.01] Yeah, right! They comin' with bombs

[01:32.95] I'm comin' with flare guns; we as Americans

[01:35.09] [Hook]

[01:36.72] We as Americans, us as a citizen

[01:38.62] Gotta protect ourselves, look at how *******t has been

[01:41.17] We better check ourselves

[01:42.92] Livin' up in these streets

[01:44.29] Through worse and through better health

[01:45.68] Survivin' by any means

[01:47.20] We as Americans, us as a citizen

[01:49.48] We are samaritans, what do we get us in?

[01:52.71] We better check ourselves

[01:53.98] Look at how *******t has been

[01:55.41] Take a look where you live

[01:56.89] This is America, and we are Americans

[01:59.35] [Verse 2]

[01:59.59] I make beaucoup bucks, wearin' beaucoup vests

[02:01.54] Drama hangin' over my head like a voodoo hex

[02:04.12] I coulda been next to fly over the cuckoo's nest

[02:07.20] With you-know-who, with an S tatooed to my chest

[02:09.78] But I've finessed it, now I've got the industry pissy

[02:12.77] Ever since me and Dre split it fifty-fifty on 50

[02:15.23] It's funny, we got a buzz spreadin' quicker

[02:17.95] Than makin' paper airplanes out of a twenty

[02:19.55] ******* money! I don't rap for dead presidents

[02:23.31] I'd rather see the President {dead}

[02:24.73] It's never been said, but I set precedents

[02:27.00] And the standards and they can't stand it

[02:29.49] My name shoulda been bastard

[02:31.29] The *******t shoulda been plastered

[02:32.92] On my forehead with a stamp, I shoulda been blasted

[02:35.28] I shoulda been had a cap put in my ass

[02:37.97] But I'm too swift and fast for that, I'm past it

[02:40.58] I'm too old to go and cruise Gratiot — ******* that *******t!

[02:43.66] I done seen how fast this rap *******t

[02:47.99] Can turn into some pap-pap *******t, that quick, snap click

[02:48.87] But this time, they got the ******* automatic

[02:52.09] Ain't no one gon' test this man — clack-click!

[02:54.09] [Hook]

[02:54.83] We as Americans, us as a citizen

[02:57.48] Gotta protect ourselves, look at how *******t has been

[03:00.52] We better check ourselves

[03:01.91] Livin' up in these streets

[03:03.16] Through worse and through better health

[03:04.63] Survivin' by any means

[03:05.89] We as Americans, us as a citizen

[03:08.49] We are samaritans, what do we get us in?

[03:11.08] We better check ourselves

[03:12.94] Look at how *******t has been

[03:14.11] Take a look where you live

[03:15.79] This is America, and we are Americans

[03:16.55] [Verse 3]

[03:17.20] *sshhhhh* I got a secret, if you can keep it between us

[03:19.73] I tuck two nina's under my jeans either side of my *******

[03:22.93] Under my long johns, under my Sean Johns

[03:24.97] One run-in with the long arm of the law I'm long gone

[03:27.94] I'ma do five years — no less than that, no questions asked

[03:31.76] So it might be a good idea that I stop right here

[03:34.56] And quit while I'm ahead, already in the red

[03:37.53] Already got a steady infrared meant for my head

[03:40.21] A target on my back, bigger problems than that

[03:42.94] Bin Laden on my ass, he probably gon' send a task

[03:45.71] I ain't gon' even ask, they ain't gon' let me pack

[03:49.06] They ain't gon' give me my semi, but I got my ******* back

[03:50.81] [Hook]

[03:51.30] We as Americans, us as a citizen

[03:53.59] Gotta protect ourselves, look at how *******t has been

[03:56.30] We better check ourselves

[03:57.65] Livin' up in these streets

[03:59.26] Through worse and through better health

[04:00.76] Survivin' by any means

[04:02.18] We as Americans, us as a citizen

[04:04.89] We are samaritans, what do we get us in?

[04:07.67] We better check ourselves

[04:09.41] Look at how *******t has been

[04:10.65] Take a look where you live

[04:11.92] This is America, and we are Americans