We As Americans Lyrics – Eminem
“We as Americans” was written while Em was on two-year-long probation for carrying a concealed weapon after he pistol-whipped John Guerra, whom he allegedly saw kissing his then-wife Kim. Among the conditions, Em was to refrain from possessing a firearm, an issue he elaborates on throughout the song, reflecting on how he now was supposed to defend himself.| Song Name : | We as Americans |
| Album / Movie : | Encore |
| Singer : | Eminem |
| Music Label : | Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records |
| Cast : | Eminem |
There’s an intruder, in my houseHe cut my phone-line, can’t dial outI scream for police, but I doubtThey’re gonna hear me when I shout
A couple o’ cocktails, will send me to jailThere’s a couple of cops, hot on my trailBut this time when I get pulled over, there’s a Dobermann PincherAnd a Pitbull in the seat, these pigs’ll get bit, foolin’ with meQuit foolin’ with me, bitch, you’re gonna see no pistol in the seatWhy it always gotta be an issue when you’re meAnd which you’re gonna see in the long run, I’ma be the wrong oneYou wanna harass, with this limo-tinted glass
Flashin’ that flashlight on my assWhere was you at, last night when them assholes ran up on my grass?Rapper slash actor, kiss the crack of my cracker slash assThey took away my right to bear armsWhat I’m ‘posed to fight with? Bare palms?Yeah right, they comin’ with bombsI’m comin’ with flare guns
We as Americans, we as Americans, us as a citizenGotta protect ourselves, look at how shit has beenWe better check ourselves, livin’ up in these streetsThrough worse and through better health, surviving by any means
We as Americans, us as a citizenWe as Samaritans, what do we get us in?We better check ourselves, look at how shit has beenTake a look where you live, this is America, and we are Americans
I make beaucoup bucks, wear beaucoup vestsDrama hangin’ over my head, like a voodoo hexI could’ve been next, to fly over the cuckoo’s nestBut you know who, with an S tattooed to my chestBut I’ve finessed it, now I got the industry pissyEver since me and Dre split it 50/50 on 50, it’s funnyWe got a buzz spreadin’ quicker than making paper airplanes out of a 20
Fuck money, I don’t rap for dead presidentsI’d rather see the president deadIt’s never been said, but I said precedentsIn the standards, and they can’t stand itMy name should’ve been bastardThe shit should’ve been plastered on my forehead with a stampI should’ve been blasted
I should’ve been had a cap put in my assBut I’m too swift and fast for that, one bastardI’m too old to go an’ cruise Gratiot, fuck that shitI done seen how fast this rap shitCan turn into some pap-pap shit, that quick, snap clickBut this time they got the fuckin Au-to-ma-ticAin’t no one Gon’ test this Mon’, clack click
We as Americans, us as a citizenGotta protect ourselves, look at how shit has beenWe better check ourselves, livin’ up in these streetsThrough worse and through better health, surviving by any means
We as Americans, us as a citizenWe as Samaritans, what do we get us inWe better check ourselves, look at how shit has beenTake a look where you live, this is America, and we are Americans
I got a secret, if you can keep it between usI tuck two Nina’s under my jeans, either side of my penisUnder my Long Johns, under my Sean JohnsWhen runnin’ with the long arm or the long, long goneI’ma do five years no less than that, o questions askedSo it might be a good idea that I stop right here
And quit while I’m ahead, already in the redAlready got a steady infrared meant for my headA target on my back, bigger problems than thatBin Laden on my ass, he probably gon’ send a taskI ain’t gone even ask, they ain’t gon’ let me packThey ain’t gon’ gimme my semi, but I got my weed back
We as Americans, us as a citizenGotta protect ourselves, look at how shit has beenWe better check ourselves, livin’ up in these streetsThrough worse and through better health, surviving by any means
We as Americans, us as a citizenWe as Samaritans, what do we get us inWe better check ourselves, look at how shit has beenTake a look where you live, this is America, and we are Americans