My Country Lyrics by NAS

My Country Lyrics

    American born, American raised, American made

    [Chorus 2X]
    My country shitted on me (My country)
    She wants to get rid of me (Naw, never)
    Cause the things I seen (We know too much)
    Cause the things I seen (We seen too much)

    [Verse 1 (Nas)]
    It was packed on the Ryker's bus
    The tight cuffs is holdin' me shackled
    The life of a thug caught in the devil's lap
    On the streets I was invincible
    Cowards would duck at a glimpse if they knew
    What my pistol would do, a fuckin' killa
    Mothers of dope fiend embarrassin' me
    All in front of my friends
    In the street smile with no teeth
    I never knew daddy, heard he had a 72 caddy
    Died in a robbery, can't remember him, was probably 3
    Why didn't my folks just die in this society
    Why wasn't I a child of a doctor, who left stocks for me
    Two little brothers, two sisters, them shortiez gots to eat
    Mother's a junkie, she twisted, so all they got is me
    I'm the provider, with goals to do much better than my father
    Whether through drugs sold, or holdin' revolvers
    Blurry visions of dad holdin' me high
    It comes to me slowly, the words he would cry

    [Repeat Chorus]

    [Verse 2 (Millenium Thug)]
    It is I that step up
    Me that don't give a fuck, you that bold, then it's all over soldier
    Hummers and Range's through the desert
    Fuck a 20 years, long as we got gas and we got water
    Troopers lookin' for manslaughter
    I gotta get back, for what they owe
    Shoot'em in the back for the get back
    Lead through shit bag, hold tie gag
    Forget the life had, now we all rebels
    Everything burnt down includin' the ghetto
    We can see 4 miles the land its major rubble
    And debris from the earth as we knew crumble
    Yo you could see the sea
    And the stars look closer to me
    I'm a mad man, this is a real life movie Mad Max
    S-K's, AK's max, ABR's spittin' and it ain't a rap
    My mommy dearest pray for me hopin' I come back
    But yo

    [Repeat Chorus]

    [Verse 3 (Nas + Millenium Thug)]
    Yo, I'm sittin' behind these prison walls
    I got this pen and pad wishin' on a visit, God
    Brothers is here for homicide and yo, it's some for rape
    Some brothers innocent, I pray that I could just escape
    How is the war
    And yo I'm wishin' I was in your shoes
    Holdin' machine guns
    Clean fun shootin' ducks with fatigues on
    Anywhere is better than this
    It's America's plan every color of man inherits the shit
    Yo I'm startin to think it's all a scheme, nobody cares
    I know the warden is readin' the scribe
    [MT] But yo I swear, it's a billion dollar business
    Courts, lawyers and jails
    We all slaves in this business, I'm bout to rebel

    [Verse 4 (Millenium Thug)]
    There's not a bitch in sight
    All block bench, all block gates
    All gray fence, look who fucked it all up, Mr. President
    I remember yesterday we was on the block gettin' bent
    Now it's state of the art
    I just saw the first dude I met here, his head came apart
    What a bloody mess, a slug fest
    I just buried 8 of mine, at night I hear grown men cryin'
    You know I'm spittin' mine
    I ain't goin' out here, we gotta win
    Everytime I hear the wind I think a slug went in
    I'm checkin' my chest, holdin' my head
    Catchin' my breath, watchin' my back
    Smokin' this grass, beatin' my dick, thinkin' of ass
    I don't know what they broadcast, the news hash is fake
    Everyday I'm feelin' like you, I wanna escape
    And if y'all niggas feelin' like me, y'all niggas just say

    [Repeat Chorus]

    [Nas talking...]

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