Key: E major
Verse 1
then the afro, then the euro.
Anything for that green.
It's a scam. It's a scheme.
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One, two, three, four, six,
You're talking about a bailout,
but some of the wealthiest
banks in the world,
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but yet we can't even have our own citizens,
closure crises.
The bailout on the House floor,
warning that it could destroy the dollar
and the global economy.
10 % in my own district.
We have over 2 ,300 people
who have lost their homes
to foreclosure.
make decisions.
you can get your blood
doin' foul in the hood,
on the prowl out in these streets.
I done been in the same situations.
Heartbeat racing,
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you come up or you don't eat.
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I done had to sleep in the train station.
Goin' stop to stop with no place to be.
Paper chasin',
fillin' out applications for weeks,
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just tryna get up on my feet.
so a nigga was forced
to resort to the street
just to make ends meet
It's called survival,
the struggle continues,
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Em
if it offends you, let me remind you
We all have instinct to do what we have
to do to make it through,
and this drive is primal
Whether you at Mickey D's
taking an order,
transporting a quarter
I gotta feed my son,
he gotta feed his daughter
Now I ain't no capitalist exploiter,
Whoever control the product,
control our supply,
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Em
well, hey, that's the law of the land
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Make your own stimulus plan
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People lie, people cheat, people steal,
it's a scam, it's a scheme.
You should google, via Mero,
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then the Afro, then the Euro,
dollar bills don't make you loyal,
it can kill you, it can kill you.
Love of money, root of evil,
Army, Navy, special forces,
rob the land of its resources.
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Gold, oil, guns, ice, gas, corn, beans, rice
It's your life, you better think twice
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Em
How bad you want that name,
your price
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Money, people, food, all my life
Anything for that green
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Money, people, food, all my life
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all my life
Don't ever think slavery
they say the U .S .A. was founded on freedom,
but slavery built this country,
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Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Hamilton,
they so -called war on terror,
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just a ploy to get more cheddar,
denaro the root of all evil,
they come in bomb and shoot and exploit the people and call it freedom,
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from the top of the food chain
all the way down to the little homie
in the street gang slinging cocaine,
that's how they do things,
it's the american way,
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imperialism, have it your way,
whatever it takes,
whoever get fucked in the process
that's okay, that's how they play,
so you can't blame us,
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We still got to hustle for the benefits man,
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Fight people, shoot on my land
Anything for that green
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Fight people, shoot on my land
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Em
It's a scam, it's a scheme
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Fight people, shoot on my land
Anything for that green
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B
Why people shoot for money?
It's a scam, it's a scam
And my constituents are concerned
about where the 700 billion
dollars is going
they work hard,
they give up their tax dollars
And they're trying to figure out
where's it going
What we gon' do for Monday?
Outro 1
It's a scam, it's a scheme
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