American Me

[Intro] People of the press We are in a state of emergency The President is here to address the terrorist level rising And the upgrade of homeland security We are in the position as a nation Where critical times are hard to accept We will answer your questions in the order received Ladies and gentlemen, The President [Verse One] How I'm coming in the land of opportunity A few love to see me get it The rest spend their energy trying to ruin me I move like it's two of me; you run up on it it's said It's like I got eyes in the back of my head If there was any doubt before, I could never return Watch and learn, this the type of heat that make Pete squirm Next turn, the cream of the crop, even if screwed and chopped It's like an orphan rich families adopt When they left CL with nathin - only wishing me A lifetime of rabbit ears and pure frustration From that, to standing ovation Just to let 'em see my brand new LP sweep the nation You're dealing with a much wiser mind with inner strength to find And force rougher hands to fall in line And locked down in your town, strung out and still not free For the world to see American Me [Hook] In a jam, they wanna chase me like Uncle Sam Have me leave my life it's crazy Come back home, give me 52 states to roam And complain when it's time to pay me I'm on top of my game when it comes to the country People thinking oh it's just gravy I'm as hard as they come, straight out the slum Nothing comes for free it's American Me [Verse Two] Like I'm giving you your last rites, when you see my face All you're looking at is stars and stripes With three-fourths of the drug law So now you know why we build with bricks, they build with straw Against the mark of the beast Cause sometimes men must fight wars to truly have peace Hear to conquer valleys of foreign soil 'til you show me all your hidden weapons and fields of oil I'm sending in troops, heavy press want the inside scoop I'm like mums the word up in this coop - oversee that God When they move that quick Admire my swag to use it as a measuring stick I paid my dues, why we can't lose, plus I refuse To let 'em stagnate the growth of my blues The pattern of me is sign no statements, cop no plea In what can only be American Me [Hook] [Verse Three] That's why they all jockey for position Just the crabs in the barrel, but watch me from the outside fishin' This is stop look and listen, besides the shine and glisten You learn and earn when nothin' is a given Meet soldiers in victory, lames in defeat Bunk with heads in the joint who can't live on the street When I die for the principle, stand for the code Where I never gotta come back, I just reload~! Like the bars in the bing, the puppet on the string Names ring but can only be one king I'm talkin' 'bout a whole new leadership, my voice on them beats And how they gotta come up out them seats I bang hard and unscripted, strong black and gifted Missed it, is how the top spot got shifted CL's the key, to the way things have to be Living the dream, American Me [Hook]