The American Dream Project

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The American Dream Project

• By
• Monique Johnson

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Runaway love by Ludacris

• Verse 3 - LudacrisLittle Erica is eleven years
  oldShe's steady trying to figure why the world
  is so coldSo she pops x to get rid of all the
  painPlus she's having sex with a boy who's
  sixteenEmotions run deep and she thinks she's in
  loveSo there's no protection he's using no
  gloveNever thinking 'bout the consequences of
  her actionsLiving for today and not tomorrow's
  satisfactionThe days go by and her belly gets
  bigThe father bails out he ain't ready for a
  kidKnowing her mama will blow it all outta
  proportionPlus she lives poor so no money for
  abortionErica is stuck up in the world on her
  ownForced to think that hell is a place called
  homeNothing else to do but get her clothes and
  packShe say she's about to run away and never
  come back.

• Hook - Mary J. BligeRunaway love x8Verse 2
  - LudacrisLittle Nicole is only 10 years
  oldShe's steady trying to figure why the world
  is so coldWhy she's not pretty and nobody seems
  to like herAlcoholic step-dad always wanna
  strike herYells and abuses, leaves her with some
  bruisesTeachers ask questions she making up
  excusesBleeding on the inside, crying on the
  outIt's only one girl really knows what she
  aboutHer name is lil Stacy and they become
  friendsPromise that they always be tight 'til
  the endUntil one day lil Stacy gets shotA drive
  by bullet went stray up on her blockNow Nicole
  stuck up in the world on her ownForced to think
  that hell is a place called homeNothing else to
  do but get her clothes and packShe says she's
  'bout to run away and never come back.Hook -
  Mary J. BligeRunaway love x8

• Hook - Mary J. BligeRunaway love Runaway love
  Runaway love Runaway love Runaway love Runaway
  love Runaway love Runaway loveVerse 1 -
  LudacrisNow little Lisa is only 9 years
  oldShe's trying to figure out why the world is
  so coldWhy she's all alone and ain't never met
  her familyMama's always gone and she never met
  her daddyPart of her is missing and nobody will
  listenMama is on drugs getting high up in the
  kitchenBringing home men at different hours of
  the nightStarting with some laughs -- usually
  ending in a fightSneaking in her room while her
  mama's knocked outTrying to have his way and
  little Lisa says 'ouch'She tries to resist but
  then all he does is beat herTries to tell her
  mom but her mama don't believe herLisa is stuck
  up in the world on her ownForced to think that
  hell is a place called homeNothing else to do
  but get some clothes and packShe says she's
  'bout to run away and never come back.Hook -
  Mary J. BligeRunaway love x8

This song is about how young females that live in
the ghetto or hood and how they dont have a
silver spoon in their mouth. How they get
pregnant or how they dont feel loved.
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Like a boy by Ciara

• Verse 1Pull up your pants(Just Like
  Em')Take out the trash(Just Like Em')getting
  ya cash like em'Fast like em'Girl you outta act
  like ya dig(What I'm talkin' bout')Security
  codes on everythingVibrate so your phone don't
  ever ring(Joint Account)And another one he
  don't know aboutHookWish we could switch up
  the rolesAnd I could be that...Tell you I love
  youBut when you call I never get backWould you
  ask them questions like me?...Like where you be
  at?Cause I'm out 4 in the morningOn the corner
  rollingDoing my own thingOhChorusWhat if
  I?...Had a thing on the side?Made ya cry?Would
  the rules change up?...Or would they still
  apply?...If I played you like a
  toy?...Sometimes I wish I could act like a
  boyGuy Chopped Screwed VoiceCan't be
  getting mad!What You Mad?Can't Handle
  that!Can't be getting mad!What you mad?Can't
  handle that!

• Guy Chopped Screwed VoiceCan't be getting
  mad!What You Mad?Can't Handle that!Can't be
  getting mad!What you mad?Can't handle
  that!Can't be getting mad!What you mad?Can't
  handle that!Can't be getting mad!What you
  mad?Can't handle that!BridgeIf I was always
  goneWith the sun getting home(Would Ya Like
  That?)Told you I was with my crewWhen I knew it
  wasn't true(Would Ya Like That?)If I act like
  youWalk A mile off in yo shoes(Would Ya Like
  That?)I'm messing with your head againDose of
  your own medicineChorusWhat if I?...Had a
  thing on the side?Made ya cry?Would the rules
  change up?...Or would they still apply?...If I
  played you like a toy?...Sometimes I wish I
  could act like a boyGuy Chopped Screwed
  VoiceCan't be getting mad!What You Mad?Can't
  Handle that!Can't be getting mad!What you
  mad?Can't handle that!Can't be getting
  mad!What you mad?Can't handle that!Can't be
  getting mad!What you mad?Can't handle that!

• Music PlaysOutroIf I played you...Would
  yo like that?Had friends...Would you like
  that?never call?Would you like that?Hell
  nawYou wouldn't like thatNo!Half-ChorusWhat
  if I made ya cry!Would they still apply!What
  if I...If I played you like a toySometimes I
  wish I could act
• like a boy!

• Verse 2Girl go head and be...(Just Like
  Em')Go run the streets(Just Like Em')come home
  late say sleep like em'Creep like em'Front with
  ya friendsAct hard when you're with em' like
  em'(What)Keep a straight face when ya tell a
  lieAlways keep an air-tight alibi(Keep Him In
  The Dark)What he don't know won't break his
  heartHookWish we could switch up the
  rolesAnd I could be that...Tell you I love
  youBut when you call I never get backWould you
  ask them questions like me?...Like where you be
  at?Cause I'm out 4 in the morningOn the corner
  rollingDoing my own thingYeaChorusWhat if
  I?...Had a thing on the side?Made ya cry?Would
  the rules change up?...Or would they still
  apply?...If I played you like a
  toy?...Sometimes I wish I could act like a boy

In this song ciara is talking about how men
sometimes mistreat women. And how they feel its
wrong for us to give them payback. Like they can
do it and we cant.
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Good life by Kanye West
Y'all pop the trunk, I pop the hood, FerrariAnd
she got the goodsAnd she got that ass, I got to
look, sorryYo it's got to be cause I'm
seasonedHaters give me them salty looks,
Lawry's50 told me go 'head switch the style
upAnd if they hate then let 'em hateAnd watch
the money pile up, the good lifeHookNow I, I
go for mine, I got to shineNow throw your hands
up in the skyNow I, I go for mine, I got to
shineNow throw your hands up in the
skyT-PainI'ma get on this TV mama, I'maI'ma
put shit downHey, hey, hey, hey, hey, heyHey,
I'm goodVerse 2 Kanye WestWelcome to the
good lifeWhere we like the girls who ain't on
TVCause they got more (Ass than the models)The
good life, so keep it coming' with the
bottlesTill she feel boozed like she bombed out
ApolloThe good life, it feel like HoustonIt
feel like Philly, it feel like D.C.It feel like
VA, or the Bay, or YeAyy, this is the good life

• Kanye WestLike we always do at this timeI go
  for mine, I got to shineNow throw your hands up
  in the skyI g-go for mine, I got to shineNow
  throw your hands up in the skyT-PainI'ma get
  on this TV mama, I'maI'ma put shit downHey,
  hey, hey, hey, hey, heyHey, I'm goodVerse 1
  Kanye WestWelcome to the good lifeWhere niggaz
  that sell Dwon't even get pulled over in they
  new VThe good life, let's go on a living'
  spreeShit they say the best things in life are
  freeThe good life, it feel like AtlantaIt feel
  like L.A., it feel like MiamiIt feel like N.Y.,
  summertime Chi, ahh(Now throw your hands up in
  the sky)So I roll through good

• Verse 3Have you ever popped champagne on a
  planeWhile getting' some brainWhipped it out,
  she said "I never seen snakes on a plane"Whether
  you broke or rich you gotta get bizHaving'
  money's the everything that having' it isI was
  splurging' on trizzBut when I get my card back
  activatedI'm back to Vegas causeI always had a
  passion for flashing' before I had itI close my
  eyes and imagine, the good lifeT-PainIs the
  good life better than the life I liveWhen I
  thought that I was gonna go crazyAnd now my
  grandmamma ain't the only girl calling me
  babyAnd if you feeling' me now then put your
  hands up in the skyAnd let me hear you say hey,
  hey, hey, oohI'm good

• Homie, tell me what's goodWhy I only got a
  problem when you in the hoodLike I'm new in the
  hood, the only thing I wish?(I wish a nigga
  would)He probably think he could, but, butI
  don't think he should50 told me go 'head switch
  the style upAnd if they hate then let 'em
  hateAnd watch the money pile up, the good
  lifeHookNow I, I go for mine, I got to
  shineNow throw your hands up in the skyNow I, I
  go for mine, I got to shineNow throw your hands
  up in the sky

This song is about how everyone wants to life the
good life and they want to have money and life
rich. How they came up from nothin to live the
good life.
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Locked up by Akon

• Cuz visitation no longer comes by,Seems like
  they forgot about me,Commissary is getting
  empty,My cell mates getting food without
  me,Can't wait to get out and move forward with
  my life,Got a family that loves me and wants me
  to do rightBut instead I'm here locked
  upCHORUSThey won't let me out, they won't
  let me out,(ohhh I'm locked up)They won't let
  me out no, they wont let me out,(my nigga I'm
  locked up)They won't let me out, they won't let
  me out, (I'm locked up)They won't let me out no,
  they won't let me outMaybe a visit (they won't
  let me out)Send me some magazines (they won't
  let me out)Send me some money orders (they won't
  let me out, no)Maybe a visit baby (they won't
  let me out)Cuz I'm locked up, they won't let me
  out.Wheres my lawyer? (they won't let me
  out)I'm locked up, they won't let me out,
  no.Get me outta here (they won't let me out)I'm
  locked up, they won't let me out, they won't let
  me out.Baby Im locked up they won't let me out,
  noWhere's my niggaz?On the lock-down.Damn, I'm
  locked up, they won't let me out.I'm locked up,
  they won't let me out.Ohhh... they won't let me
  out.Can you please accept my phone calls?Cuz
  I'm locked up, locked up, locked up.

• AKONIm steady tryna find a motive,Why do what
  I do?,Freedom aint gettin no closer,No matter
  how far I go,My car is stolen, no
  registration,Cops patrolin, and now they done
  stop me,And I get locked up,ChorusThey
  won't let me out, they won't let me out, (I'm
  locked up)They won't let me out no, they wont
  let me out, (I'm locked up)They won't let me
  out, they won't let me out, (I'm locked up)They
  won't let me out no, they won't let me
  outAkonHeadin up town to re-up,Back with a
  couple keys,Corner blocks on fire,Under covers
  dressed as feens,Makin so much money,Products
  movin' fast,Put away the stash,And as I sold
  the last bag fucked around and got locked
  upCHORUSThey won't let me out, they won't
  let me out, (my nigga I'm locked up)They won't
  let me out no, they wont let me out, (I got
  locked up)They won't let me out, they won't let
  me out, (baby girl I'm locked up)They won't let
  me out no, they won't let me out

This song is about how some people hang around
the wrong people and get locked up and put into
prison even tho they have people who love them
and want them to do right. they just hang around
the same people and do the wrong things.
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S.E.X by Lyfe Jennings

• S.E.X.
•  
• Eh yo younow see most cats, would take advantage
  of you right nowbut I ain't gone do that yoIma
  give you the game, rightIma give it to you
  becauseI would want somebody to give my little
  girl the gamewhen she done found her
  s.e.xLifes a tripvirgin just turned 17 and
  finally got some hipshustlers on the block go
  crazy when you lick ya lipsbut they just want
  relationthey dont want relationship(welcome to
  the real world)it aint the samefellas old
  enough to be ya daddy know ya nameeverybody's
  talking bout how much that girl done
  changedcant quite put ya finger on itbut you
  feelin strangelike it's fire in your
  veins(Chorus)Girl its just yours.e.x.mama's
  secretand daddy gone go crazy when he finds out
  that his babys found hers.e.x.take a deep
  breathand think before you let it go (let it
  go)the block is packedbaby gotta attitude and
  proud to holla backmommas givin advice but she
  aint tryna hear thatnot because it's wrong,
  just her delivery is wack(shay get ya behind in
  this house, if I see you with another boy, I
  swear)life is rough,you say that youre not
  ready for sex, but youre in lovehe says if
  youd really loved him, you would give it upmama
  says thats just a line guys use to get ya
  stuffwhich one will you trust?

• Girl its just yours.e.x.mama's secretand
  daddy gone go crazy when he finds out that his
  babys found hers.e.x.take a deep breathand
  think before you let it go (let it go)Eh yo
  Lyfe, she may take it better coming from a woman
  (give it to her)see hell tell you all kind of
  things to get in your pants, yeahbaby its a
  fact, that once its gone (it's gone) youll
  never get it back (never get it back)hold on, to
  your innocenceuse your common senseyoure worth
  waiting for (youre worth waiting for)be
  stronghoney dont give inblessing come with
  patienceuntil we meet again, Im praying, for
  you(Chorus)girl its just yours.e.x.mama's
  secretand daddy gone go crazy when he finds out
  that his babys found hers.e.x.take a deep
  breathand think before you let it go (let it go)

• I Chose this song because it explains one of the
  difficult decisions most teens are faced with
  from day to day. Some females are mislead by men
  who are older than they are and made to believe
  that they are in love, but the truth is the man
  only wants to be with her for sex.

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Minority report by Jay-z
What if he ran out of jet fuel and just
dropped hu,That woulda been something to
watch Helicopters doing fly-bys to take a couple
of shots Couple of portraits then ignored
'em He'd be just another bush surrounded by a
couple orchids Poor kids just 'cause they were
poor kids Left 'em on they porches same old story
in New Orleans Silly rappers, because we got a
couple Porches MTV stopped by to film our
fortresses We forget the unfortunate Sure I
ponied up a mill, but I didn't give my time So in
reality I didn't give a dime, or a d a m n I just
put my monies in the hands of the same people
that left my people stranded Nothin' but a
bandit Left them folks abandoned D a m n, that
money that we gave was just a band-aid Can't say
we better off than we was before In synopsis this
is my minority report Can't say we better off
than we was before In synopsis this is my
minority report
  Verse 2 - Ne-Yo So many times I'm, covering
my eyes Peeking through my fingers Tryin' to hide
my, frustration at the way that we treat (Seems
like we don't even care) Turn on the TV, seein'
the pain Sayin' such a shame Then tryin' to go on
with my life Of that, I too, am guilty (Seems
like we don't even care) So we send a lil' money,
tell 'em it's alright To be able to sleep at
night You will pay that price While some of these
folks' lost their whole life (Seems like we don't
even care) Now it wasn't on the nightly news no
more Suddenly it didn't matter to you no more In
the end almost nothing changed What the h e l l,
what was that for? (Seems like we don't even care)

• "Minority Report"
• (feat. Ne-Yo)
•  
• Intro News Excerpts
• The damage here along the gulf coast is
  catastrophic.
• There's a frantic effort under way tonight to
  find
• survivors. There are an uncounted number of the
  dead tonight...
• People are being forced to live like animals...
• We are desperate...
• No one says the federal government is doing a
  good job..
• And hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of
  people...
• No water, I fought my country for years..
• We need help, we really need help..
• In Baghdad, they they drop, they air drop water,
  food to people..why cant they do that to their
  own people?
• The same idiots that can't get water into a major
  American city in less than three days are trying
  to
• win a war...
•  
•  

• Verse 1 - Jay-Z
• People was poor before the hurricane came
• But the down pour poured is like when Mary J.
  sang
• Every day it rains, so every day the pain
• But ignored them, and showed em the risk was to
  blame
• For life is a chain, cause and effected
• Ni g g as off the chain because they affected
• It's a dirty game so whatever is effective
• From weed to selling kane, gotta put that in
  effect
• Wouldn't you loot, if you didn't have the loot?
• Baby needed food and you stuck on the roof
• Helicopter swooped down just to get a scoop
• Through his telescopic lens but he didn't scoop
  you
• The next five days, no help ensued
• They called you a refugee because you seek refuge
• The commander-in-chief just flew by
• Did he stop? No, he had a couple seats
• Just proved jet blue he's not
• Jet flew by the spot

Outro News Excerpts ...Buses are on the way to
take those people from New Orleans to
Houston ...They lyin' ...People are dying at the
convention center ...Their government has failed
them ...George Bush doesn't care about black
people
  This song describes the situation in New
Orleans with Hurricane Katrina. The government
didnt respond immediately and sent minimal help
so the citizens accused the president of not
caring enough for his own citizens because of his
involvement with a war wit another country.
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Family Portrait by pink

• Can we work it out? Can we be a family?I promise
  I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anythingCan we
  work it out? Can we be a family?I promise I'll
  be better, Daddy please don'tleaveIn our
  family portrait, we look pretty happyLet's play
  pretend, let's act like it comesnaturallyI
  don't wanna have to split the holidaysI don't
  want two addressesI don't want a step-brother
  anywaysAnd I don't want my mom to have to change
  herlast nameIn our family portrait we look
  pretty happyWe look pretty normal, let's go back
  to that Lyrics provided by www.mp3lyrics.org
  In our family portrait we look pretty
  happyLet's play pretend, act like it goes
  naturallyIn our family portrait we look pretty

• happy(Can we work it out? Can we be a
  family?)We look pretty normal, let's go back to
  that(I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll
  doanything)In our family portrait we look
  pretty happy(Can we work it out? Can we be a
  family?)Let's play pretend act and like it comes
  sonaturally(I promise I'll be better, Daddy
  please don'tleave)In our family portrait we
  look pretty happy(Can we work it out? Can we be
  a family?)We look pretty normal, let's go back
  to that(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please
  don'tleave)Mom will be nicerI'll be so much
  better, I'll tell my brotherOh, I won't spill
  the milk at dinnerI'll be so much better, I'll
  do everything rightI'll be your little girl
  foreverI'll go to sleep at night

• Uh, uh, some deep shit, uh, uhMomma please stop
  cryin, I can't stand the soundYour pain is
  painful and its tearin' me downI hear glasses
  breakin as I sit up in my bedI told dad you
  didn't mean those nasty things yousaidYou
  fight about money, bout me and my brotherAnd
  this I come home to, this is my shelterIt ain't
  easy growin up in World War IIINever knowin what
  love could be, you'll seeI don't want love to
  destroy me like it has donemy familyCan we
  work it out? Can we be a family?I promise I'll
  be better, Mommy I'll do anythingCan we work it
  out? Can we be a family?I promise I'll be
  better, Daddy please don'tleaveDaddy please
  stop yellin, I can't stand the sound

• Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you aroundMy
  mama she loves you, no matter what she saysits
  trueI know that she hurts you, but remember I
  loveyou, tooI ran away today, ran from the
  noise, ran awayDon't wanna go back to that
  place, but don't haveno choice, no wayIt ain't
  easy growin up in World War IIINever knowin what
  love could be, well I've seenI don't want love
  to destroy me like it did myfamilyDaddy don't
  leaveDaddy don't leaveDaddy don't leaveTurn
  around pleaseRemember that the night you left
  you took myshining star?Daddy don't leaveDaddy
  don't leaveDaddy don't leaveDon't leave us here
  aloneMom will be nicerI'll be so much better,
  I'll tell my brotherOh, I won't spill the milk
  at dinnerI'll be so much better, I'll do
  everything rightI'll be your little girl
  foreverI'll go to sleep at night

This song is about a girl that has family
problems and her parents dont get along and all
she wants is to have a happy family. She wants
her family to act like they look in the family
portrait.
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Keep ya head up by tupac

• Little something for my god son Elija and a
  little girl named KoreemSome say tha Blacker tha
  berryTha sweeter tha juiceI say, tha darker tha
  flesh and tha deeper tha rootsI give a hollar to
  my sisters on welfare Tupac cares, but don't
  nobody else careI know they like ta beat ya down
  a lotAnd when ya come around tha block brothers
  clown a lotBut please don't cry, dry ya eyesNever
  let upForgive but don't forget girl keep ya head
  upAnd when he tells you you ain't nothinDon't
  believe himAnd if he can't learn ta love ya, you
  should leave himCuz sister you don't need himI
  ain't tryin ta gash up, but I just callem how I
  see 'emYa know what makes me unhappyWhen brothers
  make babiesAnd leave a young mother ta be a
  pappyAnd since we all came from a womanGot our
  name from a womanAnd out game from a womanI
  wonder why we take from our womenWhy we rape our
  womenDo we hate our women ?I think it's time ta
  kill for our womenTime ta heal our womenBe real
  to our womenAnd if we don'tWe'll have a race of
  babiesThat hate tha ladies that make tha
  babiesAnd since a man can't make oneHe has no
  right ta tell a woman when and where ta create
  oneSo will tha real men get upI know your fed up
  ladiesBut keep ya head upOooooh child things are
  gonna get easierOooooh child

• things are gonna get brighterOooooh child things
  are gonna get easierOooooh child things are gonna
  get brighterI remember Marvin Gay, usta sing ta
  meHe had me feelin like black was tha thing ta
  beAnd suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tuffI
  thought we had it rough, we always had enoughI
  often huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke
  tha rulesRan with tha local crew and had a smoke
  or twoAnd realize momma really paid tha priceShe
  nearly gave her life, ta raise me rightAnd all I
  had ta give her was my pipe dreamsOf how i'd rock
  tha mic and make it to tha big screenI'm tryin ta
  make a dollar out of fifteen centsIt's hard ta be
  legit and still pay tha rentAnd in tha end it
  seems i'm headin for tha pennI try and find my
  friends, but they're blowin in tha windLast night
  my buddy lost his whole familyIt's gonna take tha
  man in meTa conquer this insanityIt seems tha
  rain will never let upI try ta Keep My Head Up
  and still keep from getting wet upYou know it's
  funny when it rains it poursThey got money for
  wars, but can't feed tha poorSad there ain't no
  hope for tha youth and tha truth isThere ain't no
  hope for tha futureAnd then they wonder why we
  crazyI blame my mother, for turning my brother
  into a crack babyWe ain't meant ta survive, cause
  it's a setupAnd even though ya fed upYa got ta
  Keep Ya

• In this song tupac is telling us that no matter
  what we are going thru or the problems we face we
  should always look up and think positive.He talks
  about how the women are often disrespected by the
  men in today's society. He also talks about the
  government spending money on wars but wont spend
  money to fight poverty in their own countries.

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Pain in my life by saigon

• Chorus Trey Songz"So much pain in my
  life"You feel this pain I've been
  havin'Wouldn't lead to much changeCuz down
  here, not muched changedCause everbody wanna
  thug, mayn"So much pain in my life"If you
  knew the pain I sustainedJust from lettin' my
  gun bangIf you would pump your breaks young
  maynYou'd jump in the other laneSaigon"So
  much pain in my life" I know how it feelI been
  in jail with none of my niggaz keepin' it realNo
  dough, no mail, it was "yo, go to hell"Now they
  jealous cuz I'm hangin' out with Cocoa
  ChanelEven though I got pain in my life I keep
  it discreetI got a deal, I still sleep in the
  streetY'all hustle to get the keys to a jeep
  til the judgethrow the book at you fuckers and
  tell you to read it and weep"So much pain in my
  life" to let me not forget about LeonardThe
  preacher been feelin' on leonard for a
  minuteTold if he told his sould would be
  dementedEven if he made it to the gate he
  wouldn't get in it"It's pain in my life" Y'all
  niggaz use pain for a gimmickBut Leonard pain
  got pushed to the limitGot em' layin on the sofa
  one night, his throat slicedWith a suicide not
  and a knife, what he write"It's so much pain in
  my life" That he's no longer wantin' to live
  itBreathin' is no longer important, forget
  itWhat he didn't write is that he was molested
  since he was fiveAnd would rather die before he
  was forced to admit itHe said "It's pain in my
  life" this pain niggaz feel everydayMy middle
  finger wave high to the criticsI didn't get it,
  so what? Maybe I should just stay awayAnd let my
  man, Trey Songz and them hit it

• SaigonYoung Felicia was only four when she
  learned how to ride a bikeNow she fourteen
  ridin' every Tom, Dick, and MikeI tell her "that
  ain't nice, why you livin' so trife"She told me
  "MYOB, homie, you don't know mw"It's so much
  pain in my life" Her sister the sameFelecia
  claims she the one who hipped her to the gameShe
  fucked Jermaine because Jermaine had a shiny
  chainNow when she pee on the potty she feel a
  minor painAnd she noticed her vagina changing
  and not for the betterShe see bumps and all
  kinds of thingsThe doctor suggested she take a
  HIV test, she said "Yes"Now she waitin to rest,
  she so stressed"So much pain in my life" And
  so say the bum on the cornerWhen I ask him why
  he bummin' for quartersWas it him, or was it
  government order Said he thirstyI offered him
  water, but he said he want somethin' strongerHe
  said "There's pain my life" Said he needs
  something to numb itSomethin' to burn a hole in
  his stomachFirst I said "naw", but after talking
  to him It was clearthat his wife was his life
  and dope had murder the woman"So much pain in
  my life" That bum used rum to keephis feelings
  numb Felicia was out there killin' themHer a
  fatherless daughter, him a daughterless
  fatherShe a nymhomaniac, he got his toughts in
  th bottleWould it help for them to walk with a
  bibleThey both say, "nah" the finf Religion as
  akward as I doI could holla give a dollar but
  what more could I doNot much, they got fucked,
  it's what we call survival

• In this song, he touches on many issues that go
  on in the poor communities including,
  homelessness, sexually transmitted diseases, and
  incarceration. He also brings up another topic of
  religious leaders and other figures who are
  looked up to, molesting children.

11
Lose yourself by eminem

• Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunityTo
  seize everything you ever wanted-One momentWould
  you capture it or just let it slip?His palms
  are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's
  vomit on his sweater already, mom's
  spaghettiHe's nervous, but on the surface he
  looks calm and readyTo drop bombs, but he keeps
  on forgettinWhat he wrote down, the whole crowd
  goes so loudHe opens his mouth, but the words
  won't come outHe's chokin, how everybody's jokin
  nowThe clock's run out, time's up over,
  bloah!Snap back to reality, Oh there goes
  gravityOh, there goes Rabbit, he chokedHe's so
  mad, but he won't give up thatEasy, noHe won't
  have it , he knows his whole back's to these
  ropesIt don't matter, he's dopeHe knows that,
  but he's brokeHe's so stagnant that he
  knowsWhen he goes back to his mobile home,
  that's when it'sBack to the lab again yoThis
  whole rap shitHe better go capture this moment
  and hope it don't pass him

HookNo more games, I'ma change what you call
rageTear this mothafuckin roof off like 2 dogs
cagedI was playin in the beginnin, the mood all
changedI been chewed up and spit out and booed
off stageBut I kept rhymin and stepwritin the
next cypherBest believe somebody's payin the
pied piperAll the pain inside amplified by the
factThat I can't get by with my 9 to 5And I
can't provide the right type of life for my
familyCuz man, these goddam food stamps don't
buy diapersAnd it's no movie, there's no Mekhi
Phifer, this is my lifeAnd these times are so
hard and it's getting even harderTryin to feed
and water my seed, plusTeeter totter caught up
between being a father and a prima donnaBaby
mama drama's screamin on andToo much for me to
wannaStay in one spot, another day of
monotonyHas gotten me to the point, I'm like a
snailI've got to formulate a plot fore I end up
in jail or shotSuccess is my only mothafuckin
option, failure's notMom, I love you, but this
trailer's got to goI cannot grow old in Salem's
lotSo here I go is my shot.Feet fail me not cuz
maybe the only opportunity that I
gotHookYou can do anything you set your
mind to, man

• HookYou better lose yourself in the music,
  the momentYou own it, you better never let it
  goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance
  to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime
  yoThe soul's escaping, through this hole that
  it's gapingThis world is mine for the
  takingMake me king, as we move toward a, new
  world orderA normal life is borin, but
  superstardom's close to post mortemIt only grows
  harder, only grows hotterHe blows us all over
  these hoes is all on himCoast to coast shows,
  he's know as the globetrotterLonely roads, God
  only knowsHe's grown farther from home, he's no
  fatherHe goes home and barely knows his own
  daughterBut hold your nose cuz here goes the
  cold waterHis hoes don't want him no mo, he's
  cold productThey moved on to the next schmoe who
  flowsHe nose dove and sold nadaSo the soap
  opera is told and unfoldsI suppose it's old
  partna', but the beat goes onDa da dum da dum da
  da

This song I chose because it tells us that no
matter what we go through in life we can still
achieve the success we dream about and live the
dream that we wish to live. We should take
advantage of every opportunity we have to obtain
success.
12
Conflict diamonds by lupe fiasco

• Diamonds are forever,they wont leave in the
  night i've no fear that they might.Desert
  me!!Uhh, F and F, uhhDiamonds are
  foreverYeah, ya no what im sayingI figure, I
  feel like i should just, ya noShow people the
  other side that wonder where, ya no wat im sayin,
  that are presently unaware.They dont know about
  it, ya no wat im sayin, ya no jus show em theres
  another side to this thing right here,its called
  bling!Verse 1Allow me to break down the
  game,behind the bracelets, earrings, chains,
  watches and rings.The bling,the crystal
  incrusted, princess flooded, canary studded, blue
  coloured and blood stained.Yeah the older
  brother of the drug game,that give her a fame,
  then take away her lane.the empowerer of the
  kings that came to claims and diseasebelieve wat
  the native people were saying.Believe, my
  engagement ring received and flossed at the cost
  of a bondage child minus pain.Long ago kings use
  to wear em in their armour, when they fought
  other armies, because it use to scare em.If you
  wasn't rich couldn't wear em.Witches use to
  marry, and they'd shoot you before they share
  em.The gift and the curse, the venom and the
  serum.Most hated ladies best friend get murked
  for a clip.Chorus

• Diamonds are forever...Verse 2Cecil Rhodes
  sold war and genocideTo the countryside just to
  get his shine on!I fear what De Beers and his
  peers use to do, before the world really knew,
  just to get their "mine" on!Making paper with
  slave labour and hittin little kids with life
  time bids making em cut and shine
  stones.Inflating the price and making em look
  nice and i wasnt thinking twice when i was
  putting mine on.About a young shorty in Sierra
  Leone or other conflict countries that people
  call home.I figured i would never go to Angola
  so it never did affect me that maybe
  indirectly.That my neckleash was funding a
  rebellion or a military coup,Started by militias
  that dont believe in following none of Geneva's
  rules.I was brushing off the haters, trying to
  be cool.Didnt have a clue that the rapper was
  helping the rapers, raiders of the villagers,
  pillagers of the schools.Shooters of the
  innocent, torturers of the witnesses, burners of
  the businessesAnd my bracelet was the fuel.Uhh,
  i aint pushing an agenda homie,Im just pushing
  the facts, Fuck Bush!Cuz theres people doin
  worse on this earth and there black,

• I took it for years now let me bring it back,We
  all know on foreign shores that they finance
  wars, but asks yourself do they finance
  yours.When i first got mine i took em out on
  tour, they only lost half the value when i took
  em out the store.Or it was full of moissanites
  and cubics but the jeweller knew i was stupid and
  that i couldnt prove it.Feeling like i need it
  because i do music, to impress the groupies and
  the interviewers.So i didnt appraise it, nor did
  i loop it, even gave em to my girl, thinkin i was
  cupid.Homies was all hate hoping they could make
  me lose it, creeping through my own hood knew i
  had to remove it.I see the Russian Mafia, the
  Jewish Mobsters, the undercover terrorists and
  the traps for the hustlers.Homie its a wrap for
  the nonsense rhyming, props to Kanye i call this
  Conflict Diamonds.

• This song was made to inform many people who do
  not know about the civil wars in other countries
  over the diamonds that make the jewelry that many
  people dream of owning. There are innocent men,
  women, and children who die everyday as a result
  of these wars and conflicts over diamonds and
  every time some one goes to the jewelry store to
  purchase a diamond they are helping this problem
  to continue indirectly.

13
Dear mama by tupac

• You are appreciated... When I was
  young, me and my mama had beef 17
  years old kicked out on tha streets
  though back in tha time, I never thought I'd see
  her face ain't a woman alive that
  can take my mommas place suspended
  from school, scared ta go home I
  was a fool with tha big boys breaking all tha
  rules shed tears with my baby
  sister over tha years we wuz poorer
  than tha other little kids and even
  though we had different dadies tha
  same drama when things went wrong we blamed mama
  I reminised
  on tha stress I caused, it wuz hell
  hugg'en on my mama from a jail cell
  and who'ed think in elementry, heeeey i'd see tha
  penatentry One day
  running from tha Police, that's right
  Momma catch me--put a whoop'en to my backside
  and even as a crack fiend mama,
  ya always was a black queen mama
  I finally understand for a woman
  it ain't easy--trying ta raise a man
  ya always wuz commited, a poor single
  mother on welfare, tell me how ya
  did it there's no way I can pay ya
  back but tha plan is ta show ya
  that I understand. you are
  appreciated...... Laaaaady, don't
  cha know we luv ya Sweeeet Laaaady,
  place no one above ya Sweeeet
  Laaaady, don't cha know we luv ya
  Ain't nobody tell us it wuz fair no
  luv for my daddy, cause tha coward wuzn't there
  he passed away and I didn't cry
  cause my anger, wouldn't let me feel for
  a stranger they say i'm wrong and
  i'm heartless but all along I wuz
  looking for a father--he wuz gone I
  hung around with tha thug's and even though they
  sold drugs they showed a young
  brother luv I moved out and started
  really hang'in I needed money of my
  own so I started slang'in I ain't
  guilty cause, even though I sell rocks
  It feels good, putting money in your mailbox
  I love paying rent when tha rents due
  I hope ya got tha diamond necklace
  that I sent to you cause when I wuz
  low, you was there for me ya never
  left me alone, cause ya cared for me
  and I can see ya coming home after work late
  ya in tha kitchen trying ta fix us a
  hot plate just working with tha
  scraps you wuz given and mama made
  miracles every Thanksgiving but now
  tha road got rough, your alone
  trying ta raise two bad kids on your own

• and there's no way I can pay ya back
  but my plan is ta show ya that I understand
  you are appreciated.....
  Laaaaady, don't cha know we luv ya
  Sweeeet Laaaady, place no one above ya
  Sweeeet Laaaady, don't cha know we luv ya
  pour out some liquor and I remenise
  cause through tha drama, I can always
  depend on my mama and when it seems
  that i'm hopeless you say tha words
  that can get me back in focus when
  I wuz sick as a little kid ta keep
  me happy theres no limit to tha things ya did
  and all my childhood memories
  are full of all tha sweet things ya did for
  me and even though I act craaaazy
  I got ta thank tha Lord that ya
  maaaade me There are no words that
  can express how I feel Ya never
  kept a secret, always stayed real
  and I appreciate how ya raised me
  and all tha extra love that ya gave me
  I wish I could take tha pain away
  If you can make it through tha night, there's a
  brighter day
  everything'll be alright if ya hold on
  it's a strugle everyday gotta
  roll on and there's no way I can
  pay ya back but my plan is ta show
  ya that I understand you are
  appreciated.......

• This explains the many sacrifices young women
  must make when raising children as a single
  mother. Most are forced to live in the ghetto on
  welfare.Since there is no father figure around so
  the young man resorts to hangin with the older
  men in the streets and most times end up in
  prison becauseof the environment they are
  subjected to.

14
Live in the sky by T.I.

• spokenWhats happening man this T.I.P. you kno
  I like to dedicate this song to anybody who ever
  lostSomebody, to the grave, to the streets, to
  the jail cell, I done been in situations where I
  done had toCope with all three you kno what I'm
  saying, I feel like the only thing haven't done
  die you kno..JustRemember where you live while
  you here aint half as important as where you gone
  live when you leave youKno what I'm
  sayingChorusLife's up and downs they come
  and go ....but when I die I hope I live in the
  sky...All my folks whoAint alive I hope they
  live in the sky..pray to God when I die that I
  live in the sky ..It's true whatGoes around
  comes back you kno..So when I die I hope I love
  in the sky..All my folk who aint survive mayThey
  live in the sky...Tell God I wanna fly and let me
  live in the sky...Verse 1My cousin Toot aint
  have to die right in front of his son and his
  wifeHe lost his life struggling over a gunGive
  a damn what he done that my muthafuckin folk and
  I love that nigga til death no muthafuckin jokeI
  can feel my eyes feelin the lord is my witnessIf
  I catch em Imma kill em I made it my biznessBack
  in the day you stayed in my bizness taught I
  didnt have to corporate yay in my
  biznessCoincedently that's why today you not wit
  meMy cousin died ova some yay and I miss emPlus
  he had his family out let's say she the eye
  witnessBut her boyfriend did the shooting judge
  gave her life sentenceI heard that now I'm
  dressed up in all blackShot up the whole
  apartments and still and brought backThe best
  friend I had in Jamel I lost thatI guess your
  death was a lesson in life it taught me that

Verse 3I bet you niggas thinking that I living
it upTil you see polices laughing as they pickin
me upWent from seeing how many bitches i can fit
in the truckTo 3 hots and a cot is you kidding
or what fuck howMany millions I got nigga so
what if I'm hot when I got prices on my headFeds
rushing my spot a millionHaters wont me dead
force to carry me gatBut you a seven time felon
wat you doing with datIt's a catch22 either you
lose or loseThats the way the game structured
for real niggas to sufferAnd I aint neverBeen a
busta alway stood on my feetLike a man prepared
to take what ever coming for meA pussy niggaOr
polices wit a warrant for meI'm a "G" prepared
to die for whats important to meLook anybody in
theEye who say they want it wit mePut up the
house and bet the odds if coming from meOG's say
I need toLearn and be patientYou telling me wit
these seven years of probationPistol charges and
a host ofOther open casesIf niggas only knew
the kind of time I was facingI tried to keep to
myself butSometime I couldnt take itGot 4 kids
wit smiles on they facesMean more to me than my
crown and my braceletTake that away from me and
my life is butt naked repeat chorus

• repeat chorusVerse 2Who ever seen a nigga
  go to jail sleep til day twoWell thats how sick
  I was when Jay blewFound outThe hard way that
  whating pour they was tootingOver-dosed on
  heroin died at 22If you aint heard
  aboutDaughter she smile just like youSo cute
  even resorts to violence like youYou kno you ya
  baby mamaLoose but ha what can you doAnd I got
  4 myself yep it's been a fewNow everything I do
  is forKing, messiah, deyjah, demaniLord they
  all I got so please don't take em from meFrom me
  standin in theTrap wit corin and sir kapLaughin
  at the niggas who serve with no strapTell them
  niggas man yallTrippin wit no mapYa robbing ask
  to borrow my pistol aint no hapMe, you, the crew
  just fell out ovaDough and a little crackNever
  could apolygize cause you died that's why they
  saying..repeat chorus

• This song talks about the problems we face when
  dealing with losing a loved one and also shows
  that no matter how much success or money one may
  have, they are still subject to the same problems
  that ordinary people have to deal with on a day
  to day basis. This proves that no one is
  different from the next person and nobody is
  better than anyone else because of how much we
  have in life.

15
Sing for the moment by eminem

• Eminem These ideas are, nightmares to white
  parents whose worst fear is a child with dyed
  hair and who likes earrings Like whatever they
  say has no bearing It's so scary in a house that
  allows, no swearing to see him walkin around
  with his headphones blaring Alone in his own
  zone, cold and he don't care He's a problem
  child, and what bothers him all comes out when
  he talks about, his fuckin dad walkin out Cause
  he just hates him so bad that he, blocks him out
  If he ever saw him again he'd probably knock him
  out His thoughts are whacked, he's mad so he's
  talkin back Talkin black, brainwashed from rock
  and rap He sags his pants doo rags and a
  stockin cap His step-father hit him so he,
  socked him back and broke his nose, his house is
  a broken home There's no control, he just let's
  his emotions go Chorus Eminem C'mon! Sing
  with me (Sing!) Sing for the year (Sing it)
  Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
  (C'mon!) Sing it with me, Just for today Maybe
  tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...
  Eminem Entertainment is changin, intertwinin
  with gangsters In the land of the killers a
  sinner's mind is a sanctum Holy or unnholy, only
  have one homie Only this gun - lonely cause
  don't anyone know me Yet everybody just feels
  like they can relate I guess words are a
  motherfucker, they can be great or they can
  degrate or even worse, they can teach hate It's
  like these kids hang on every single statement we
  make like they worship us, plus all the stores
  ship us platinum Now how the fuck did this
  metamorphosis happen? From standin on corners
  and porches just rappin to havin a fortune, no
  more kissin ass But then these critics crucify
  you, journalists try to burn you

• Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at
  you to get they hands on every dime you have
  They want you to lose your mind every time you
  mad So they can try to make you out to look like
  a loose cannon Any dispute won't hesitate to
  produce handguns That's why these prosecutors
  wanna convict me Strictly just to get me off of
  these streets quickly But all they kids be
  listenin to me religiously So I'm signin CD's
  while police fingerprint me They're for the
  judge's daughter but his grudge is against me If
  I'm such a fuckin menace this shit doesn't make
  sense B! It's all political, if my music is
  literal and I'm a criminal how the FUCK can I
  raise a little girl? I couldn't I wouldn't be
  fit to You're full of shit too Guerrera - that
  was a FIST that hit you! Chorus Eminem
  They say music can alter moods and talk to you
  Well can it load a gun up for you and cock it
  too? Well if it can, and the next time you
  assault a dude Just tell the judge it was my
  fault, and I'll get sued See what these kids do
  is hear about us totin pistols and they want to
  get one cause, they think the shit's cool Not
  knowin we really just protectin ourselves We
  entertainers, of course the shit's affectin our
  sales You ignoramus, but music is reflection of
  self We just explain it, and then we get our
  checks in the mail It's fucked up ain't it? How
  we can come from practically nothin

to bein able to have any fuckin thing that we
wanted That's why we, sing for these kids who
don't have a thing except for a dream and a
fuckin rap magazine Who post pin-up pictures on
they walls all day long Idolize they favorite
rappers and know all they songs Or for anyone
who's ever been through shit in they lives 'Til
they sit and they cry at night wishin they'd die
'Til they throw on a rap record and they sit and
they vibe We're nothin to you - but we're the
fuckin shit in they eyes That's why we, seize
the moment try to freeze it and own it Squeeze
it and hold it, cause we consider these minutes
golden And maybe they'll admit it when we're
gone, just let our spirits live on through our
lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can...

• This song also discusses the issue of the
  influence music has on young people. He explains
  how the music can inspire young children who go
  through difficult times in their lives. He also
  says that musicians use their music to express
  themselves and how they feel and not a way to
  show young people the wrong way to live.

16
Can I live

• Verse 2I am a child of the kingAin't no need
  to go fear meAnd I see the flowing tears so know
  that you hear meWhen I move in your womb that's
  me being scaryCause who knows what my future
  holdsYo the truth be told you ain't told a
  soulYo you ain't even showing I'm just 2 months
  oldThrough your clothes try to hide me deny
  meWent up 3 sizesYour pride got you lying
  saying ain't nothing but a migraineIt ain't
  surprising you not trying to be in Wic food
  linesYour friends will look at you funny but
  look at you mommyThat's a life inside you look
  at your tummyWhat is becoming ma I am Oprah
  boundYou can tell he's a star from the
  UltrasoundOur Sprits Connected Doors Open
  NowNothing But Love And Respect Thanks For
  Holding Me Down She Let Me Live...

• TalkingTalking MaI know the Situation is
  PersonalBut it something that has to be toldAs
  I was making this beatYou was all I could think
  about you heard my voiceVerse 1Yeah Just
  think Just ThinkWhat if you could JustJust
  blink your self away..Just Just wait just pause
  for a secondLet me plead my caseIt's the late
  70's HuhYou Seventeen huhAnd having me that
  will ruin everything huhIt's alot of angels
  waiting on their wingsYou see me in your sleep
  so you cant kill your dreams300 Dollars thats
  the price of living what?Mommy I dont like this
  clinicHopefully you'll make the right
  decisionAnd dont go through with the Knife
  incisionBut it's hard to make the right
  moveWhen you in high schoolHow you have to work
  all day and take night schoolHopping off da bus
  when the rain is pouringWhat you want morning
  sickness or the sickness of mourningChorusI'l
  l Always Be a part of youTrust Your Soul Know
  it's always trueIf I Could Talk I'd Say To
  YouCAN I LIVECAN I LIVEI'll Always Be a part
  of youTrust Your Soul Know it's always trueIf I
  Could Talk I'd Say To YouCAN I LIVECAN I LIVE

• ChorusI'll Always Be a part of youTrust Your
  Soul Know it's always trueIf I Could Talk I'd
  Say To YouCAN I LIVECAN I LIVEI'll Always Be
  apart of youTrust Your Soul Know it's always
  trueIf I Could Talk I'd Say To YouCAN I
  LIVECAN I LIVERepeat 2Nick TalkingIt's
  uplifting foreal yallI ain't passing no
  judgementAin't making no decisionsI am just
  telling ya'll my storyI love lifeI love my
  mother for giving me lifeWe all need to
  appreciate lifeA strong woman that had to make a
  sacrificeThanks for listeningThanks for
  listeningMama thanks for listening

• This song talks about the important issue of
  abortion. Many women who get pregnant at a young
  age are often faced with the decision of whether
  to give birth to their child or not. They are not
  financially stable enough to support themselves
  and a child at the same time so they use abortion
  as an alternative.

17
Hero by mariah carey

• Hmm
• There's a hero
• If you look inside your heart
• You don't have to be afraid
• Of what you are
• There's an answer
• If you reach into your soul
• And the sorrow that you know
• Will melt away
• And then a hero comes along
• With the strength to carry on
• And you cast your fears aside
• And you know you can survive
• So when you feel like hope is gone
• Look inside you and be strong
• And you'll finally see the truth
• That a hero lies in you
• It's a long road
• When you face the world alone

• And then a hero comes along
• With the strength to carry on
• And you cast your fears aside
• And you know you can survive
• So when you feel like hope is gone
• Look inside you and be strong
• And you'll finally see the truth
• That a hero lies in you
• Oh oooh
• Lord knows
• Dreams are hard to follow
• But don't let anyone
• Tear them away, hey yeah
• Hold on
• There will be tomorrow
• In time
• You'll find the way
• And then a hero comes along
• With the strength to carry on

• In this song Mariah Carey inspires people to
  believe in themselves because you can do anything
  and you work through any problem if u have the
  correct mind state.

18
Video by india arie

• Verse 1Sometimes I shave my legs and sometimes
  I dontSometimes I comb my hair and sometimes I
  wontDepend of how the wind blows I might even
  paint my toesIt really just depends on whatever
  feels good in my soulChorusIm not the
  average girl from your videoAnd I aint built
  like a supermodelBut I learned to love myself
  unconditionally,Because I am a queenI not the
  average girl from your videoMy worth is not
  determined by the price of my clothesNo matter
  what Im wearing I will always beIndia.ArieVer
  se 2When I look in the mirror and the only one
  there is meEvery freckle on my face is where
  its suppose to beAnd I know my creator didnt
  make no mistakes on meMy feet, my thighs, my
  Lips, my eyes, Im loving what I
  seeChorusVerse 3Am I less of a lady if I
  dont where panty hoseMy momma said a lady aint
  what she wears but what she knowsBut Ive drawn
  the conclusion, its all an illusionConfusions
  the name of the gameA misconception, a vast
  deception,Something got to change

• Now dont be offended this is all my
  opinionAint nothing that Im saying lawThis is
  a true confession Of a life learned lesson I
  was sent here to share with y'allSo get in when
  you fit inGo on and shineClear your mind Nows
  the timePut your salt on the shelfGo on and
  love yourselfCause everythings gonna be
  alrightChorusOutKeep your fancy drink,
  and your expensive minksI dont need that to
  have a good timeKeep your expensive cars and
  your caviarAlls I need is my guitarKeep your
  crystal and your pistolId rather have a pretty
  piece of crystalDont need you silicone, I
  prefer my ownWhat god gave me is just fine

• This song talks to the men and women who have low
  self-esteem and who feel that they should look or
  act a particular way in order to be accepted by
  society. She is saying that you shouldnt be
  afraid to be who you are and as long as you are
  happy with yourself the opinion of others
  shouldnt matter.

19
Georgia

• This song right here, is dedicated to the
  president of the United States of AmericaY'all
  might know him as George BushBut where I'm from,
  lost city of New Orleans... we call him
  thisRay Charles sample Georgia... georgia
  bush... x4NoooowwwThis song is dedicated to
  the one wit the suitThick white skin and his
  eyes bright blueSo called beef wit you know
  whoFuck it he just let him kill all of our
  troopsLook at the bullshit we been throughHad
  the niggas sittin on top they roofsHurricane
  Katrina, we shoulda called it Hurricane
  (Geeoorrggiaa) BushThen they tellin y'all lies
  on the newsThe white people smiling like
  everythin coolBut I know people that died in
  that poolI know people that died in them
  schoolsNow what is the survivor to do?Got to no
  trailer, you gotta moveNow it's on to Texas and
  to (Geeoorrggiiaa)They tell you what they want,
  show you what they want you to seeBut they don't
  let you know what's really goin onMake it look
  like a lotta stealin goin onBoy them cops is
  killas in my homeNigga shot dead in the middle
  of the streetI ain't no thief, I'm just tryin to
  eatMan fuck the police and president
  (Geeoorrrggiiaa) BushSo what happened to the
  leverage, why wasn't they steadyWhy wasn't they
  able to control this?I know some fok' that live
  by the leverthat keep on tellin me they heard
  this, stole thisSame shit happened back in
  Hurricane Betsy1965, I ain't too young to know
  thisThat was President Johnson nowbut it's
  president (Geeoorrggiiaa) Bush.

• Chorus x2We from a town where
  (Georgia)Everybody drowned, andEverybody died,
  but baby I'm still prayin wich yaEverybody cryin
  but (Georgia)Aint nobody tried, there's no doubt
  on my mind it was (Georgia) BushNoooowwwwI was
  born in the boot at the bottom of the mapNew
  Orleans baby, now the white house hatin, tryin to
  wash away like we not on the mapWait, have you
  heard the latest, they sayin you gotta have paper
  if you tryin to come backNiggas thinkin it's a
  wrap, see we can't hustle in they trap, we ain't
  from (Geeoorrggiaa)Noooww it's them dead bodies,
  them lost houses, the mayor say dont worry bout
  itAnd the children have been scarred, no ones
  here to care bout emAnd fat shouts, to all the
  rappers that helped outYea we like it they
  callin y'all, but fuck president (Geeoorrggiaa)
  BushWe see them Confederate flags, you know what
  it isA white cracker muthafucka that probably
  voted for himAnd no he ain't gonna drop no
  dollas, but he do drop bombsR.I.P. Tay cuz he
  died in the storm, fuck president (Geeoorrggiiaa)
  BushSee us in ya city man, give us a poundCuz
  if a nigga still movin then he holdin it downI
  had two Jags, but I lost both them bi-tch-esI'm
  from N.O. the N.O. Yea!

This is another song expressing how people felt
about the President after the Hurricane Katrina
incident. This particular song comes from the
view point of someone who is from New Orleans.
After Hurricane Katrina everyone felt like
President Bush didnt care for the people in the
poor communities because of the lack of help that
was sent after the hurricane and the lack of help
to re-build the communities that were lost
20
White america by eminem

• Intro America!! Hahaha! We love you! How many
  people are proud to be citizens of this beautiful
  country of ours? The stripes and the stars for
  the rights that men have died for to protect The
  women and men who have broke their necks for the
  freedom of speech the United States government
  has sworn to uphold.. (Yo, I want everybody to
  listen to the words of this song) .. or so we're
  told Eminem I never woulda dreamed in a
  million years I'd see so many motherfuckin
  people, who feel like me Who share the same
  views and the same exact beliefs It's like a
  fuckin ARMY marchin in back of me So many lives
  I touched, so much anger aimed in no particular
  direction, just sprays and sprays And straight
  through your radio waves, it plays and plays
  'til it stays stuck in your head, for days and
  days Who woulda thought standin in this mirror
  bleachin my hair with some peroxide, reachin for
  a t-shirt to wear that I would catapult to the
  forefront of rap like this? How could I predict
  my words would have an impact like this? I
  must've struck a chord with somebody up in the
  office Cause Congress keep tellin me, I ain't
  causin nuthin but problems And now they're sayin
  I'm in trouble with the government - I'm lovin
  it! I shoveled shit all my life, and now I'm
  dumpin it on Chorus 2X Eminem White
  America! I could be one of your kids White
  America! Little Eric looks just like this White
  America! Erica loves my shit I go to TRL look
  how many hugs I get!

Eminem See the problem is, I speak to suburban
kids who otherwise woulda never knew these words
exist Whose moms probably woulda never gave two
squirts of piss 'til I created so much
motherfuckin turbulence! Straight out the tube,
right into your living rooms I came And kids
flipped, when they knew I was produced by Dre
That's all it took, and they were instantly
hooked right in And they connected with me too
because I looked like them That's why they put
my lyrics up under this microscope Searchin with
a fine tooth comb, it's like this rope waitin to
choke tightenin around my throat Watchin me
while I write this, like I don't like this
(Nope!) All I hear is lyrics, lyrics, constant
controversy, sponsors working round the clock to
try to stop my concerts early, surely Hip-Hop
was never a problem in Harlem only in Boston
After it bothered the fathers of daughters
startin to blossom So now I'm catchin the flack
from these activists when they raggin Actin like
I'm the first rapper to smack a bitch or say
faggo