White America
America, hahaha, we love youHow many people are proud to be citizens of this beautiful country of oursThe stripes and the stars for the rights that men have died for to protectThe women and men who have broke their necks for the freedom of speechThe United States government has sworn to uphold, or so we're told
[Verse 1]I never woulda dreamed in a million years I'd seeSo many motherfuckin' people, who feel like meWho share the same views and the same exact beliefsIt's like a fucking army marching in back of meSo many lives I touched, so much anger aimedIn no particular direction, just sprays and spraysAnd straight through your radio waves, it plays and plays'til it stays stuck in your head, for days and daysWho woulda thought, standing in this mirror bleaching my hairWith some peroxide, reaching for a t-shirt to wearThat I would catapult to the forefront of rap like this?How could I predict my words would have an impact like thisI musta struck a chord with somebody up in the officeCause Congress keep telling me, I ain't causing nothing but problemsAnd now they're sayin' I'm in trouble with the government, I'm lovin' itI shoveled shit all my life, and now I'm dumping it on
[Hook]White America, I could be one of your kidsWhite America, little Eric looks just like thisWhite America, Erica loves my shitI go to TRL, look how many hugs I get
[Verse 2]Look at these eyes, baby blue, baby just like yourselfIf they were brown Shady'd lose, Shady sits on the shelfBut Shady's cute, Shady knew Shady's dimples would helpMake ladies swoon baby (ooh baby!) Look at my salesLet's do the math: if I was black, I woulda sold halfI ain't have to graduate from Lincoln High School to know thatBut I could rap, so fuck school, I'm too cool to go backGimme the mic, show me where the fuckin' studio's atWhen I was underground, no one gave a fuck, I was whiteNo labels wanted to sign me, almost gave up I was like, "Fuck it"Until I met Dre, the only one to look pastGave me a chance and I lit a fire up under his assHelped him get back to the top, every fan black that I gotWas probably his in exchange for every white fan that he's gotLike damn; we just swapped: sitting back, looking at shit, wowI'm like my skin is just starting to work to my benefit now? It's
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[Verse 3]See the problem is, I speak to suburban kidsWho otherwise woulda never knew these words existWhose mom's probably woulda never gave two squirts of piss'til I created so much motherfuckin' turbulenceStraight out the tube, right into your living rooms I cameAnd kids flipped, when they knew I was produced by DreThat's all it took, and they were instantly hooked right inAnd they connected with me too because I looked like themThat's why they put my lyrics up under this microscopeSearching with a fine tooth comb, it's like this ropeWaiting to choke; tightening around my throatWatchin' me while I write this, like I don't like thisAll I hear is: lyrics, lyrics, constant controversy, sponsors workingRound the clock to try to stop my concerts early, surelyHip hop was never a problem in Harlem only in BostonAfter it bothered the fathers of daughters starting to blossomSo now I'm catchin' the flak from these activists when they raggin'Actin' like I'm the first rapper to smack a bitch or say faggot, shitJust look at me like I'm your closest palThe posterchild, the motherfuckin' spokesman now, for
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[Outro]So to the parents of AmericaI am the derringer aimed at little Erica to attack her characterThe ringleader of this circus of worthless pawnsSent to lead the march right up to the steps of CongressAnd piss on the lawns of the White HouseTo burn the {flag} and replace it with a Parental Advisory stickerTo spit liquor in the faces of this democracy of hypocrisyFuck you Ms. Cheney, Fuck you Tipper GoreFuck you with the free-est of speechThis Divided States of Embarrassment will allow me to haveFuck you!
{*Eminem harmonizes the beat*}
Haha, I'm just playing, AmericaYou know I love you