[00:03.96] [Intro]
[00:05.62] There's an intruder in my house
[00:12.95] He cut my phone line: can't dial out
[00:16.63] I scream for police, but I doubt
[00:21.53] They're gonna hear me when I shout
[00:41.84] [Verse 1]
[00:51.20]A couple of ****ingtails'll send me to jail
[00:53.98] There's a couple of cops hot on my trail
[00:56.26] But this time, when I get pulled over
[00:58.11] There's a Doberman Pinscher and a Pit Bull in the seat
[01:01.09] These pigs'll get bit foolin' with me, quit foolin' with me
[01:04.59]B***h, you're gonna see, no pistol in the seat
[01:07.45] Why it always gotta be an issue when you're me?
[01:10.28] And which you're gonna see
[01:12.06] In the long run, I'ma be the wrong one
[01:13.76] You wanna harass with this limo-tinted glass
[01:16.47] Fla*******n' that flashlight on my ass — where was you at
[01:19.49] Last night when them a*****es ran up on my grass?
[01:22.14] Rapper slash actor, kiss the crack of my cracker slash ass
[01:25.86] They took away my right to bear arms
[01:28.78] What I'm 'posed to fight with, bare palms?
[01:31.01] Yeah, right! They comin' with bombs
[01:32.95] I'm comin' with flare guns; we as Americans
[01:35.09] [Hook]
[01:36.72] We as Americans, us as a citizen
[01:38.62]Gotta protect ourselves, look at how shit has been
[01:41.17] We better check ourselves
[01:42.92] Livin' up in these streets
[01:44.29] Through worse and through better health
[01:45.68] Survivin' by any means
[01:47.20] We as Americans, us as a citizen
[01:49.48] We are samaritans, what do we get us in?
[01:52.71] We better check ourselves
[01:53.98]Look at how shit has been
[01:55.41] Take a look where you live
[01:56.89] This is America, and we are Americans
[01:59.35] [Verse 2]
[01:59.59] I make beaucoup bucks, wearin' beaucoup vests
[02:01.54] Drama hangin' over my head like a voodoo hex
[02:04.12] I coulda been next to fly over the cuckoo's nest
[02:07.20] With you-know-who, with an S tatooed to my chest
[02:09.78] But I've finessed it, now I've got the industry pissy
[02:12.77] Ever since me and Dre split it fifty-fifty on 50
[02:15.23] It's funny, we got a buzz spreadin' quicker
[02:17.95] Than makin' paper airplanes out of a twenty
[02:19.55]****ing money! I don't rap for dead presidents
[02:23.31] I'd rather see the President {dead}
[02:24.73] It's never been said, but I set precedents
[02:27.00] And the standards and they can't stand it
[02:29.49] My name shoulda been bastard
[02:31.29]The shit shoulda been plastered
[02:32.92] On my forehead with a stamp, I shoulda been blasted
[02:35.28] I shoulda been had a cap put in my ass
[02:37.97] But I'm too swift and fast for that, I'm past it
[02:40.58]I'm too old to go and cruise Gratiot — **** that shit!
[02:43.66]I done seen how fast this rap shit
[02:47.99]Can turn into some pap-pap shit, that quick, snap click
[02:48.87]But this time, they got the ****ing automatic
[02:52.09] Ain't no one gon' test this man — clack-click!
[02:54.09] [Hook]
[02:54.83] We as Americans, us as a citizen
[02:57.48]Gotta protect ourselves, look at how shit has been
[03:00.52] We better check ourselves
[03:01.91] Livin' up in these streets
[03:03.16] Through worse and through better health
[03:04.63] Survivin' by any means
[03:05.89] We as Americans, us as a citizen
[03:08.49] We are samaritans, what do we get us in?
[03:11.08] We better check ourselves
[03:12.94]Look at how shit has been
[03:14.11] Take a look where you live
[03:15.79] This is America, and we are Americans
[03:16.55] [Verse 3]
[03:17.20] *sshhhhh* I got a secret, if you can keep it between us
[03:19.73]I tuck two nina's under my jeans either side of my d**k
[03:22.93] Under my long johns, under my Sean Johns
[03:24.97] One run-in with the long arm of the law I'm long gone
[03:27.94] I'ma do five years — no less than that, no questions asked
[03:31.76] So it might be a good idea that I stop right here
[03:34.56] And quit while I'm ahead, already in the red
[03:37.53] Already got a steady infrared meant for my head
[03:40.21] A target on my back, bigger problems than that
[03:42.94] Bin Laden on my ass, he probably gon' send a task
[03:45.71] I ain't gon' even ask, they ain't gon' let me pack
[03:49.06]They ain't gon' give me my semi, but I got my ****ing back
[03:50.81] [Hook]
[03:51.30] We as Americans, us as a citizen
[03:53.59]Gotta protect ourselves, look at how shit has been
[03:56.30] We better check ourselves
[03:57.65] Livin' up in these streets
[03:59.26] Through worse and through better health
[04:00.76] Survivin' by any means
[04:02.18] We as Americans, us as a citizen
[04:04.89] We are samaritans, what do we get us in?
[04:07.67] We better check ourselves
[04:09.41]Look at how shit has been
[04:10.65] Take a look where you live
[04:11.92] This is America, and we are Americans

There's an intruder in my house
He cut my phone line: can't dial out
I scream for police, but I doubt
They're gonna hear me when I shout

A couple of ****ingtails'll send me to jail
There's a couple of cops hot on my trail
But this time, when I get pulled over
There's a Doberman Pinscher and a Pit Bull in the seat
These pigs'll get bit foolin' with me, quit foolin' with me
B***h, you're gonna see, no pistol in the seat
Why it always gotta be an issue when you're me?
And which you're gonna see
In the long run, I'ma be the wrong one
You wanna harass with this limo-tinted glass
Fla*******n' that flashlight on my ass — where was you at
Last night when them a*****es ran up on my grass?
Rapper slash actor, kiss the crack of my cracker slash ass
They took away my right to bear arms
What I'm 'posed to fight with, bare palms?
Yeah, right! They comin' with bombs
I'm comin' with flare guns; we as Americans

We as Americans, us as a citizen
Gotta protect ourselves, look at how shit has been
We better check ourselves
Livin' up in these streets
Through worse and through better health
Survivin' by any means
We as Americans, us as a citizen
We are samaritans, what do we get us in?
We better check ourselves
Look at how shit has been
Take a look where you live
This is America, and we are Americans

I make beaucoup bucks, wearin' beaucoup vests
Drama hangin' over my head like a voodoo hex
I coulda been next to fly over the cuckoo's nest
With you-know-who, with an S tatooed to my chest
But I've finessed it, now I've got the industry pissy
Ever since me and Dre split it fifty-fifty on 50
It's funny, we got a buzz spreadin' quicker
Than makin' paper airplanes out of a twenty
****ing money! I don't rap for dead presidents
I'd rather see the President {dead}
It's never been said, but I set precedents
And the standards and they can't stand it
My name shoulda been bastard
The shit shoulda been plastered
On my forehead with a stamp, I shoulda been blasted
I shoulda been had a cap put in my ass
But I'm too swift and fast for that, I'm past it
I'm too old to go and cruise Gratiot — **** that shit!
I done seen how fast this rap shit
Can turn into some pap-pap shit, that quick, snap click
But this time, they got the ****ing automatic
Ain't no one gon' test this man — clack-click!

We as Americans, us as a citizen
Gotta protect ourselves, look at how shit has been
We better check ourselves
Livin' up in these streets
Through worse and through better health
Survivin' by any means
We as Americans, us as a citizen
We are samaritans, what do we get us in?
We better check ourselves
Look at how shit has been
Take a look where you live
This is America, and we are Americans

*sshhhhh* I got a secret, if you can keep it between us
I tuck two nina's under my jeans either side of my d**k
Under my long johns, under my Sean Johns
One run-in with the long arm of the law I'm long gone
I'ma do five years — no less than that, no questions asked
So it might be a good idea that I stop right here
And quit while I'm ahead, already in the red
Already got a steady infrared meant for my head
A target on my back, bigger problems than that
Bin Laden on my ass, he probably gon' send a task
I ain't gon' even ask, they ain't gon' let me pack
They ain't gon' give me my semi, but I got my ****ing back

We as Americans, us as a citizen
Gotta protect ourselves, look at how shit has been
We better check ourselves
Livin' up in these streets
Through worse and through better health
Survivin' by any means
We as Americans, us as a citizen
We are samaritans, what do we get us in?
We better check ourselves
Look at how shit has been
Take a look where you live
This is America, and we are Americans