The American Way

[Hook: G. Twilight]
Stolen from the Natives
Built on the backs of Africans
But you call me a gangster
Cause I'm drug traffickin’
Oh my God, the hypocrisy in that
Goes the American way, don't you know that?
Stolen from the Natives
Built on the backs of Africans
But you call me a gangster
Cause I'm drug traffickin’
Oh my God, the hypocrisy in that
Goes the American way, don't you know that?

[Verse 1: G. Twilight]
I'm living for the weekend, like the OJays
Pounds of kush, bundles of blow, and O's of yay
Rapists and child molesters can't live on my block
If you don't wanna move, we wet you up with the Glocks
These foreign shop owners, they ain't no good
Pay me protection money if you own a store in my hood
It's hard being Black here in Detroit, bruh
'Cause everybody from everywhere wants to exploit us
We fight for power, looking at the sun, don't pay
They killed M.L.K. and framed James Earl Ray
Now that's gangsta shit
The first slave ship
Was named Jesus.. damn, ain't that some shit?
And Jesus wept
While Lazarus slept
Politicians make promises that are never kept
The real reason they sent troops to Afghanistan
Was to protect the opium plant, not fight the Taliban

[Hook: G. Twilight]
Stolen from the Natives
Built on the backs of Africans
But you call me a gangsta
Cause I'm drug traffickin’
Oh my God, the hypocrisy in that
Goes the American way, don't you know that?
Stolen from the Natives
Built on the backs of Africans
But you call me a gangsta
Cause I'm drug traffickin’
Oh my God, the hypocrisy in that
Goes the American way, don't you know that?

[Verse 2: G. Twilight]
I think I'm Vanderbilt, I think I'm Rockefeller, Hallelujah
Bigger gangsters.. than Big Meech or Larry Hoover
We live in a nation of institutions
Slavery existed while they wrote the constitution
Liberty and justice for all, hell nah
Fuck nah, tell the truth raw
Liberty and justice for y'all
Freedom, justice and equality, nah
Slavery, suffering and death
They killed our real leaders and only scavengers is what's left
Assassinated Martin, assassinated Malcolm
All that's left is “Just-me Jackson” and “Pimp Al Sharpton”
One's a philanderer, the other's a government witness
Wearing wires and tapin’ shit, during Mafia business
Sam Giancana killed John F. Kennedy
Reverend Al Sharpton was in bed with the Genovese
Slavery, suffering, and death, the desire of my enemy
Vilify me, but glorify Joe Kennedy

[Hook]
Stolen from the Natives
Built on the backs of Africans
But you call me a gangsta
Cause I'm drug traffickin’
Oh my God, the hypocrisy in that
Goes the American way, don't you know that?
Stolen from the Natives
Built on the backs of Africans
But you call me a gangsta
Cause I'm drug traffickin’
Oh my God, the hypocrisy in that
Goes the American way, don't you know that?

[Verse 3: Maserati Rick Jr.]
Screamin’ fuck the American way
This shit was built by the slaves
Blood, sweating and tears
Drugs, guns, oil.. even pills for the kids
I'm in the sun pickin’ cotton fields
Shit the masters should've been got killed
They really had to fight to live
Millions never got to live
Still would never understand
What it took for us to get here
The war on drugs is a money battle
It's all about the bloody dollar
And lives never matter, that's why we keep the pistol
And throwing up the middle finger 'til they give us freedom
Ain't no rights for my people
And we never been good, to them crackers we'll never be equal
We'll always be evil
Lookin’ at us and tellin’ us what to teach us in practice
Think it's time for some real actions
Feel like we still moving backwards
Feel like we still moving backwards

[Hook: G. Twilight]
Stolen from the Natives
Built on the backs of Africans
But you call me a gangsta
Cause I'm drug traffickin’
Oh my God, the hypocrisy in that
Goes the American way, don't you know that?
Stolen from the Natives
Built on the backs of Africans
But you call me a gangsta
Cause I'm drug traffickin’
Oh my God, the hypocrisy in that
Goes the American way, don't you know that?