Best American

Lyrics

[Intro: Erick the Architect] Hey, I'm just doing everything that I can (I can) Never been jealous of the white man Black skin, I'm not better, I'm just different He ain't never sold drugs, this is all a false image, hey [Chorus: Erick the Architect] Who's the best American? Is it you? And I say never love again, but I do Whole planet under siege boy, that's how we do And they know we keep a blind eye, to hide the truth Who's the best American? Is it you? And I say never love again, but I do Whole planet under seige nigga, that's how we do And you know we keep a blind eye, to hide the truth [Verse 1: Erick the Architect] Pay a load of tax, take it out your check, boy, I know you know this debt 'Til you hesitate and right before you purchase that New chain, new fame, original black We are well-anointed with the knowledge of the slaves Land of the free, yeah, home of the brave Hard to close my eyes at night, I'm dreamin' of the day Dark terrors in the ferry, turn the world grey Somehow we gotta pray, it ain't 'bout religious praise This is real shit, nigga this is not a phase Born afflicted, misinformed children on the way Eyes teary, blind fury, cryin' to be saved Find another way, while escapin', a rude awakenin' While we caged in, abomination Clean water for the cavemen, salutations Signin' off with a Molotov Throwing salt while we marchin' off for the common cause [Chorus: Erick the Architect] Who's the best American? Is it you? And I say never love again, but I do Whole planet under seige boy, that's how we do And they know we keep a blind eye to hide the truth Who's the best American? Is it you? And I say never love again, but I do Whole planet under seige nigga, that's how we do And they know we keep a blind eye to hide the truth [Verse 2: Zombie Juice] This a new world, artificial, second brain in my pocket Tell me how that live through, y'all don't hear me Unless I talk about my skin tone, and what comes with it If you live it then you stand strong, that's how we do it Ain't no father figure, live and learn Gotta get the money, little nigga making earns Another day, another cop killed an honest man Black skin, young-aged, probably had a kid, it never ends They say government control the weather How we bustin' all these guns but we can't get together? Start a unit for all this and make that bread together Are they crooks? Are they pedophiles or politicians? Plottin' FDA poisonin' our children now, that's how we living Throwing niggas in prison, unlivable conditions Repeat offender, brown, broke, that's the agenda Never surrender, keep your eyes wide shut, nigga [Chorus: Erick the Architect] Who's the best American? Is it you? And I say never love again, but I do Whole planet under seige boy, that's how we do And they know we keep a blind eye, to hide the truth Who's the best American? Is it you? And I say never love again, but I do Whole planet under seige nigga, that's how we do And you know we keep a blind eye, to hide the truth [Verse 3: Meechy Darko] Say "God bless America" To the red, white, blue noose on my neck, wylin' for respect Guess freedom ain't free, huh? (Hell nah!) Really wanna see a difference? Kill some politicians Red men get executed and forgotten Black men spent two hundred years pickin' cotton Now they poison our minds and put shackles on our conscience But they will never get mine, never get mine, dog, I promise Black American Psycho, ya like Tae-Bo, ya might just get American Dream be double up the money, no minusin' Hate is a disease with no cure, the doctors can't find that shit Honestly, this shit here waves the climate, shatter thermometers Promise my mama I see mañana, no matter what it is Coppers be killin' niggas for nada, that shit gotta end You probably think slavery's abolished, homie, they got your brain Never forget what they did to the man with the moccasin [Chorus: Erick the Architect] Who's the best American? Is it you? And I say never love again, but I do Whole planet under seige boy, that's how we do And they know we keep a blind eye, to hide the truth [Outro] We are all the problem, when we don't make sure Our dollars stay in our communities for more than six hours We are all the problem when we don't make sure That our children are safe going to the public school to prison pipeline We are all the problem When we don't homeschool, our children, after school We are all the problem when we lay down And expect somebody else to do the work for us We are all the problem when we don't stand up to oppression We are all the problem if we go back into slavery That makes us all the problem