Jay Lonzo, Marlon Craft - American Dream lyrics

"Politicians have traditionally hidden
Behind three things: the flag, the bible
And children
‘No child left behind no child left
Behind’ But there’s a reason
There’s a reason there’s a reason for this
There’s a reason education
Sucks, and it’s the same reason
That it will never, ever, ever be fixed"

It’s the only old wise man, younger than 25
College graduate
I can tell you firsthand that money lies
Never lyin, but when it come to sheep
Man it’s huntin time
Hotter than what’s down beneath coal
So they try to undermine
Raisin a whole generation to be subservient
Where everyone wit a Twitter
Account’s a fuckin journalist
We missin real coverage


Like that old spot on Rashid’s head
They talk bout what they stand for but
We all see their knees red
American dream: start a regime
Pick a group to oppress
Half the country wishin that we
Never put nooses to rest
Try to make a difference, they subtract you
How ironic lookin at who they revere like
"I don’t wanna be iconic"
(I ain’t tryna be a hero) or do I? Shit
I be on a mission to cause a
Shift that ain't bout makin capital
You see my keyboard is different
I’m makin too many moves
They gonna need more precision if they
Still dreamin to hit em
I couldn’t be more indifferent for real

"And you know something? They’ll
Get it they’ll get it all from you sooner
Or later, cause they own this fuckin
Place it’s a big club, and you ain't in it"

Welcome to the world class cover-up
Bottom feeders comin up
People murder every day but we
Don’t give no mother uh
Keep on subliminal, subliminal, momma
Handle child disobedience
I hope she handles criminals
I rhyme with lenient so lead me to the roster
I want the dough like an ingredient in pasta
Impostor me, amigo can’t nobody spot the
Difference except when
You submit your need to floor
Mommy’s yelling "Mi amor, mi amor"
This is more for the family
Sorry for the aptitude and
Sorry for the fantasy (my apologies)
Keep suppressin your ideas
It’s the norm til you make it out your
Hometown and end up in a dorm
That’s the dream, the American dream
12 years fucked up just for the cream
Keep the feelings separated from
The business operations
Keep on feeling no response to the Guinness
I’mma make it
I been waitin patiently, starin
The throne is vacant
We slowly but surely movin up
Videos like a movie, trust me
Me and my niggas we in it
These shorties has to be in it
I’m in the midst of a penant
Soon I’ll be rockin my pendant
White surround me now I feel
Like a fly in milk
Negotiating life cause now I’m hopin
To die in silk what’s more a dream than
Dreams you couldn’t have?
What’s more oppressive
A rapper or hittin aves? It’s interchangeable
I get my news as long as cable go
Chart-toppin brainwaves, my ideas are radio
Ready, hold steady this a gift and a curse
I feel like a young Simba
I been lifted since birth
This my gift to the earth
Welcome back to reality
I collect these so a snake cannot rattle me
Battle me and see my arsenal is
More than it should be
Quick inauguration period, the year
Of the rookie, i’m ready
Crossin does couldn’t stop me
From the journey but the dough will make me
Consider droppin in early
Guilty admissions admit me to the game
I feel offended, officially I’m insane
Here’s the diagnosis: hope my
Diet ain't the focus
The riot from the audience
Meanin I wrote this
My homie used to hand me the J, like "Here
Hold this" now I’m hearin, "Baby, that’s
Jay, " like "Here, hold this"
Hand em the phone and expect to get a picture
They tag you in the shit and DM you
That’s how they get you
I been at this rap thing, I’m a black king
I leave all my music blasting
It’s a black thing, and I’m out

"Because the owners of this country know
The truth: it’s called the
American dream because you have to
Be asleep to believe it"

"You know, the State, the power structure
Knows that that’s why they work
So diabolically and methodically to
Destroy that they know that
It takes a village"