'Cause I've been thinking 'bout the 'American Dream' (What?)'
The 'land of the free' (What?)
The 'home of the brave', with a mind full of greed (Yup!)
Your average family, we ain't have it all (Not ah)
Remember waitin' by the land-line to make a call (Haha)
Had to bundle up on blankets when it came to Fall (Yup)
But never did complain, 'cause we've been through it all (That's right)
It shows heart
And from a small town, but feeling distant (Uh)
So close together, tell me how we can be so different? (For real!)
'Cause when I was a kid was like the last era (Uh!)
That you actually went outside, and didn't bring a camera (Yup!)
'Cause even the best cameras couldn't capture that (Not ah)
The innocence we spend our whole life to get back (Yeah)
'Cause in fact, the ignorance is what set us free
We ain't know no better, or seen the imagery
Our world was our block, and raised mystery (Yup)
Evolving knowledge, creating history (Tell 'em)
Go!
To live and die the American Dream, and make the rich richer
("That's 1 small step for man...")
To live and die the American Dream, and make the rich richer
("1 giant leap for mankind")
To live and die is all part of their scheme in ways they'll get ya'
("Ask not!...")
In all the ways that they'll get ya'
("What your country could do for you...")
It's all to make the rich richer
(Haha)
And now that I've grown, I finally get it (Yup!)
All the work you put in isn't worth the investment (Nope)
We all got affected, recession, and election
The hurt can't work, and the well stay connected
But listen, keep your head up, the times harder, there's better ways
And when you fed up, but never give up, because there's better days
(Trust me)
I wanna' make y'all proud, whoever doubted me (Ahuh)
Or look down on you from 30 balconies (Damn!)
I can't figure, in my mind, or what it triggers
That we feel so insecure, but yet our ego's growing bigger
And the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer
And the middle class balance it, and work hard to support it
Yo!
I dream of a time of no stress, and you there for me
But I'll take the risk to be the voice some wouldn't dare to be (Yup)
Man, all the ups and downs got me driving so hysterically
On the road to slavery for the money, like will you marry me?
To live and die the American Dream, and make the rich richer
("That's 1 small step for man...")
To live and die the American Dream, and make the rich richer
("1 giant leap for mankind")
To live and die is all part of their scheme in ways they'll get ya'
("Ask not!...")
In all the ways that they'll get ya'
("What your country could do for you...")
It's all to make the rich richer
(Uh)
Sometimes I keep my head down when I drive past it
I wanna' live in them big cribs, with the high taxes (Damn)
And financin' seems irrelevant when you could just jack it
In my city, for the heck of it, they still packin'
Gang-bangers, drug-dealers, and mob figures
We got it all, from picket fences, to them corner liquors (Ahuh)
Don't get offended, we recording what we see, and living
Unforgiven, if you never took the time to really try, and listen (Woah!)
They wanna' take us away from guns, like they killin' people! (Why?)
And not the man behind the trigger, only seeing evil! (Yup)
It's propaganda, and we'll never be seen as equal (Damn)
We've been dying since our birth, like every breath is lethal (Uh)
I'm finna' make you feel the heat, all through the Summer time
I'm working overtime, coping with my running mind
The first thing they'll see in me, is all the dollar signs
And let me know to sign right here on the dotted line!
To live and die the American Dream, and make the rich richer
("That's 1 small step for man...")
To live and die the American Dream, and make the rich richer
("1 giant leap for mankind")
To live and die is all part of their scheme in ways they'll get ya'
("Ask not!...")
In all the ways that they'll get ya'
("What your country could do for you...")
It's all to make the rich richer
("Ask what you could do for your country")
