Chorus: repeat 2X



I wanna talk to the mayor, the governor, the motherfuckin president

I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin congressman



[Nas]

Step up to the White House let me in

Whats my reason for being I'm ya next to kin

And we built this motherfucker

You wanna kill me because my hunger?

Mr. America young black niggaz want ya

I wanna talk to the man understand

Understand this motherfuckin G-pack in my hand

Look what happened to San Fran young girl hit by policeman

Twelve shots up in her dome, damn

Niggaz thought we slept but the architect sent

The Pentagon's from Egypt, government secret

The 99 to 2-G computer shutdown, what now

Extension on Earth, human cutdown

Niggaz play with PlayStations, they build a spacestations

On Mars plottin civilizations

Dissin us discriminatin different racisis

Tax payers pay for more jail for black latin faces



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[Nas]

I'm just a black man why y'all made it so hard damn

Niggaz gotta go create their own job

Mr. Mayor imagine if this was your backyard

Mr. Governor imagine if it was your kids that starved

Imagine your kids gotta sling crack to survive

Swing a mack to be live cart ack to get high

It's the ghetto life yea I celebrate it I live it

And all I got is what you left me with I'ma get it

Now y'all combinin all the countries we goin do the same

Combine all the cliques to make one gang

It ain't all about a black and white thing

it's to make the change, citizens of a higher plane



Chorus



[Nas]

What y'all waitin for the world to blow up

Before you hear this rewind this 4 minutes before we timeless

Let y'all niggas bang my shit before Saddam hits

The Nastradamus tell us what time it is

They try to buy us with doe

Fake black leaders of puppets always talking bout the city budget

The news got it all confused lyin to the public

They eyes watchin stay wise move above it

Water floods predicted hurricanes twisters

Its all signs of the Armageddon three sixes

People reverse the system politics verse religion

Holy war muslim verse christians

Niggaz in high places they don't have the balls for this

People in power sit back and watch them slaughter us

Mr. President I assume it was negligence

The streets upside down, I'm here to represent this



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[Nas]

Can I talk to you Mr. President

Niggaz tryin to get with the computers

We ain't John Henry

Banging down machines and shit

Part of establishment

That's what we are steppin up for

This shit is real



Total Package in this nigga

LES in this nigga

Ill Will nigga

Mr. President wanna keep us from establishment

Niggaz are american baby

American Made