America! (Gil Scott Heron)

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(America!)

They don't want us Ballin
They don’t want it
They don’t want us no
They don't want us Ballin
They don’t want to see us winning no
They don’t want us ballin
They don’t wanna wanna see us no no
They don’t
They don’t
They don’t
They don’t

(America!)

They don't want us balling
They gon places us under limits
Try to Put us under watch and set us up when we hit millions
I'm just here to change the shit and go rewrite the history
Used to hate my chains but now my gold chains is victory
Set us up for failure then assassinate our leaders
They controlling all our minds with that bullshit they teaching yea
Timе to break the chains yea
Timе to break the chains yea
Time to break the chains yea
Is you awake now?
This Government ain't playing fair
This warfare be major man
Hood n***as sippin seals
These Navy seals be poppin pills
Momma still got major bills
And all that Shit be caving in
Life is what you make it man
Some n***as never make it out
What you talkin bout
That shit don't really help yo people
Stunting like Knievel
But yo enemy more evil dawg
What you talk bout that shit don't really help at all
Staring at my cristal ball I think it's time I end y'all all
They don’t want us ballin
They don’t wanna see us independent
They don’t want us ballin
They don’t wanna see us gettin millions
They don’t want us ballin
They don’t wanna see us winnin dawg
They don’t
They don’t
They don’t
They don’t (x2)

(Gil Scott Heron Speaking)

Please go check the stats go check the math
Go Check the records dawg
We need to stick to together
Can't nobody else protect us man
They want us undeveloped locked in chains and all in cages
Focus on the game and learn the rules so we can change them
Please Go check the math check the stats
Check the records dawg
They wanna hold us back because we powerful
You can't be spend no time being sorrowful muscle up and power through
They don't want us winning but we got to anyhow yea
They don't want us winning but we never miss a shot
Could be the greatest story told but they be fucking with our plot uh
Lock a n***a up for cookin work up in a pot
Left wrist right wrist gotta work with what you got yea
They don't want us winning but we always seem to score
Why these hip hop police stay harassing us on tour yea
Good thing we want it more than what they had In store for us
Label us notorious
My Operation glorious
We warriors
They don’t want us ballin
They don’t wanna see us independent
They don’t want us ballin
They don’t wanna see us gettin millions
They don’t want us ballin
They don’t wanna see us winnin dawg
They don’t
They don’t
They don’t
They don’t (x2)

(Gil Scott Heron Speaking)