Intro
(专辑: American Gangster - 2007)
"Man I
worked for one of the
biggest companies in New York City He didn't own his own company White man owned it, so they owned him Nobody owns me though." (Your gangster is not defined) Your gangster is not defined by how low your jeans fall by your waist, but more how your genes stand up to their expectations "Never forgetting where we came from." (Your gangster, your gangster) Your gangster is not defined by how many rocks are in your watch But rather how many rocks you move while owning watch (Gangsters, hustlers, republicans, democrats, pimps and hoes) Conservatives, labour The
seller, the
buyer, the
product, the
producer "See you are what you are in this world." The
gangster is absorbed and adored by those that don't understand the
laws that govern the
gangsterment (Gangsterment, gangsterment) Gangsterment allows you to make up your own laws And create brand new words, gangster mentality (Gangster mentality, an American way created by the
white Mastered by the
black, and absorbed by the
fiends Taxed by the
governmentality, governmentality (governmentality) Charted by Forbes, if you believe in JAY-Z Then you too can be a
gangster) then you too can be a
gangster By any means necessary, by owning that dream I
mean it's a
long walk to freedom But, while deep, deep, deep inside the
bush (The war on terror screams, damn it feels good) Damn it feels good to be a
gangster, haha (To be a
gangster, swagger is not a
must, it's a
liability A
cliché, a
bad suit, cut the
bullshit You know if it wasn't for this, there would be no that) Which we call, the
American Gangster