Eminem - White America
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[00:00.00]White America (Explicit) - Eminem
[00:00.05]Lyrics by:Jeff Bass/Steve King/Marshall Mathers/Luis Resto
[00:00.20]Composed by:Jeff Bass/Steve King/Marshall Mathers/Luis Resto
[00:00.34]America ha ha ha we love you
[00:07.21]How many people are proud to be citizens
[00:09.89]Of this beautiful country of ours the stripes and the stars
[00:13.32]For the rights that men have died for to protect
[00:16.28]The women and men who have broke their necks
[00:18.41]For the freedom of speech the United States government has sworn to uphold
[00:22.51]Or so we're told
[00:23.04]Yo I want everybody to listen to the words of this song
[00:25.32]I never would've dreamed in a million years I'd see
[00:28.63]So many motherf**kin' people who feel like me
[00:31.84]Who share the same views and the same exact beliefs
[00:34.98]It's like a f**kin' army marchin' in back of me
[00:38.21]So many lives I touched so much anger aimed
[00:41.50]In no particular direction just sprays and sprays
[00:44.66]And straight through your radio waves it plays and plays
[00:48.02]'Til it stays stuck in your head for days and days
[00:51.12]Who would've thought standin' in this mirror bleachin' my hair
[00:54.07]With some peroxide reachin' for a t-shirt to wear
[00:57.42]That I would catapult to the forefront of rap like this
[01:00.67]How could I predict my words would have an impact like this
[01:03.85]I must've struck a chord with somebody up in the office
[01:07.18]'Cause Congress keep tellin' me I ain't causin' nothin' but problems
[01:10.32]And now they're sayin' I'm in trouble with the government
[01:13.21]I'm lovin' it I shoveled s**t all my life and now I'm dumpin' it on
[01:16.76]White America I could be one of your kids
[01:19.86]White America Little Eric looks just like this
[01:23.09]White America Erica loves my s**t
[01:26.12]I go to TRL look how many hugs I get
[01:29.26]Yah
[01:29.57]White America I could be one of your kids
[01:32.79]White America Little Eric looks just like this
[01:35.95]White America Erica loves my s**t
[01:39.06]I go to TRL look how many hugs I get
[01:42.35]Look at these eyes baby blue baby just like yourself
[01:45.30]If they were brown Shady'd lose Shady sits on the shelf
[01:48.49]But Shady's cute Shady knew Shady's dimples would help
[01:51.68]Make ladies swoon baby
[01:53.12]Ooh baby
[01:53.97]Look at my sales
[01:55.11]Let's do the math if I was black I would've sold half
[01:58.16]I ain't have to graduate from Lincoln High School to know that
[02:01.33]But I could rap so f**k school I'm too cool to go back
[02:04.58]Give me the mic show me where the f**kin' studio's at
[02:07.93]When I was underground no one gave a f**k I was white
[02:11.00]No labels wanted to sign me almost gave up I was like
[02:14.04]"F**k it" until I met Dre the only one to look past
[02:17.27]Gave me a chance and I lit a fire up under his a*s
[02:20.52]Helped him get back to the top every fan black that I got
[02:23.86]Was prob'ly his in exchange for every white fan that he's got
[02:26.87]Like d**n we just swapped sittin' back lookin' at s**t wow
[02:30.34]I'm like my skin is it startin' to work to my benefit now
[02:33.27]It's
[02:33.48]White America I could be one of your kids
[02:36.69]White America Little Eric looks just like this
[02:39.96]White America Erica loves my s**t
[02:43.11]I go to TRL look how many hugs I get
[02:45.79]Yah
[02:46.27]White America I could be one of your kids
[02:49.44]White America Little Eric looks just like this
[02:52.68]White America Erica loves my s**t
[02:55.94]I go to TRL look how many hugs I get
[02:59.18]See the problem is I speak to suburban kids
[03:02.26]Who otherwise would've never knew these words exist
[03:05.42]Whose moms prob'ly would've never gave two squirts of piss
[03:08.63]'Til I created so much motherf**kin' turbulence
[03:11.86]Straight out the tube right into your livin' rooms I came
[03:15.12]And kids flipped when they knew I was produced by Dre
[03:18.15]That's all it took and they were instantly hooked right in
[03:21.45]And they connected with me too because I looked like them
[03:24.71]That's why they put my lyrics up under this microscope
[03:27.90]Searchin' with a fine tooth comb it's like this rope
[03:31.09]Waitin' to choke tightenin' around my throat
[03:34.28]Watchin' me while I write this like "I don't like this note"
[03:37.26]All I hear is lyrics lyrics constant controversy
[03:40.10]Sponsors workin' 'round the clock to try to stop my concerts early
[03:43.32]Surely hip-hop was never a problem in Harlem only in Boston
[03:47.02]After it bothered the fathers of daughters startin' to blossom
[03:50.17]So now I'm catchin' the flak from these activists when they raggin'
[03:53.30]Actin' like I'm the first rapper to smack a b***h or say "faggot" s**t
[03:57.48]Just look at me like I'm your closest pal
[03:59.85]The poster child the motherf**kin' spokesman now for
[04:03.24]White America I could be one of your kids
[04:06.29]White America Little Eric looks just like this
[04:09.59]White America Erica loves my s**t
[04:12.59]I go to TRL look how many hugs I get
[04:15.45]Yah
[04:15.82]White America I could be one of your kids
[04:19.12]White America Little Eric looks just like this
[04:22.30]White America Erica loves my s**t
[04:25.45]I go to TRL look how many hugs I get
[04:29.01]So to the parents of America I am the Derringer
[04:32.91]Aimed at little Erica to attack her character
[04:36.19]The ringleader of this circus of worthless pawns
[04:39.93]Sent to lead the March right up to the steps of Congress
[04:43.02]And piss on the lawns of the White House
[04:45.55]To burn the *galf* and replace it with a Parental Advisory sticker
[04:49.93]To spit liquor in the faces of this democracy of hypocrisy
[04:54.38]F**k you Ms. Cheney f**k you Tipper Gore
[04:58.94]F**k you with the freest of speech
[05:00.73]This Divided States of Embarrassment will allow me to have
[05:05.16]F**k you
[05:19.95]Ha ha ha I'm just playin' America
[05:23.29]You know I love you