Artist: T.I. f/ Skylar Grey Album: Paperwork: The Motion Picture Song: New National Anthem Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro: T.I.] I know radio probably ain't gon' play this But chopper goin off in the hood man like Afghanistan or the Gaza Strip somewhere man Yeah, we hear it so much we probably numb to it by now After all, it's the American way, right? [Chorus: Skylar Grey] Home of the brave and free Free just to murder me Land of the beautiful Cursed by the hate we throw Is this the newwwwwwwwww national anthem? Is this the newwwwwwwwww national anthem? [T.I. over Chorus] It's America Land of the handgun Home of the shotgun You're dead if you ain't got one It was like this 'fore I got here baby, I ain't do it I ain't start it, I'm just a part of it Turn it! [T.I.] Ay, you say this the home of the brave I guess I say this the home of the K's and the vests All alone with the J smokin yay cause he's stressed On chrome with a Tec sucka spray for respect I learned from the best, used to stay in the 'jects I bought work from the vets, burnin rubber in the 'vette This as good as it get, used to play with the rat Then I got older and learned stay away from the rat God blessed this nigga, to hustle up and make eight figures Turned from a goon to a great young nigga No complainin, just doin what it take young nigga I was raised in a decade of hate young nigga Always dodgin police because they hate young niggaz And we hate them too - .38 in him shoe All the changes the system will take him through He ain't a killer but he will if you make him do it Homicide he'll ride, they'll put him on trial Let him have a life sentence then do it with a smile And he only 19, he ain't even had a child As a child told his momma he'll be gone for a while And she cried, still they just put him inside Now she all on her own cause her other son died Listen to the politician as he lied and he lied He a snake in a suit tryin to hide in disguise [Chorus] [T.I. over Chorus] Well damn officer, what'd I do? Naw hold up man don't shoot, I live over there Ay, ay man what you doin man? You trippin dawg~! How many times did that happen to you? What the fuck do you know about bein a black man in America? And you wonder why we walk around strapped Fuck is you sayin? Real talk! [T.I.] Ay, for the stars and the stripes, prison bars and the pipe Young nigga rollin weed in a cigar he can light Bang red either blue sellin hard and the white Live by the gun, never run from a fight Trayvon in a hoodie, walkin through a neighborhood he didn't do shit to buddy, he didn't have to die, did he? I guess it's cause his dad was a judge in the city They didn't want him in the pen' with the thugs that could get him A jury of his peers said all was forgiven But touch one of mine, right or wrong, I'ma kill him Fill him with the lead like they put in Martin Luther King's head Like they killed Malcolm X, Edgar Hoover did that You can catch me in the hood where they shootin niggaz at They don't know if Neighborhood or the Hoovers did that Whether Piru's or V.L.'s or G.D.'s with me we down to uprise from the O.G.'s to peewees [Chorus] [T.I. over Chorus] Don't get it fucked up If you ain't found somethin you're willin to die for, you ain't fit to live To get somethin you've never had you must be willin to do somethin you've never done I'ma die by mine!! AY! America, you have created a monster that refuse to be ignored The jig is up Y'all with the revolution, I just make fun of the stupid shit Hell is you changin dawg? What is you doin? [Outro: T.I.] Let me ask you somethin, if the kids are the future Tell me why you can get more for bein a C.O. than you can for bein a teacher? Tell me why it means more to the government to pay the people who gotta watch over the prisonersmore than the people who gotta keep the children from becomin prisoners? That make sense? Tell me why nine ounces of crack will get you more time than a rape right now? Tell me why them crazy white boys can tote a gun but I can't right now? Yeah I had felonies, I done did dirt in the street But I ain't ever gave it to anybody that didn't deserve it, y'knahmean? I ain't never ran in no public place with no pistol shootin no innocent people I ain't never ran in no school, killin no kids Man this the result of you refusin to deal with the issues at hand We are a product of the environment you placed us in We ain't do it, we just lived through it! [Chorus] [T.I. over Chorus] And a message to my people Stop waitin on folk to help you, help yourself, start with you Get yo'self out, reach back, get somebody else out And that's the way we gon' get ahead man Sittin 'round waitin on the government to do somethin for us ain't gon' never happen partner, they don't give a fuck about us But don't play into their hand partner You makin it easy for 'em, hell is you doin?