Janelle Monáe - Americans lyrics

Hold on, don't fight your war alone
Hate all around you
Don't have to face it on your own
We will win this fight
Let all souls be brave
We'll find a way to heaven, we'll find a way

War is old, so is sex, let's play God
You go next
Hands go up, men go down, try my luck
Stand my ground
Die in church, live in jail say her name
Twice in hell uncle Sam kissed a man
Jim Crow Jesus rose again

I like my woman in the kitchen
I teach my children superstitions
I keep my two guns on my blue nightstand
A pretty young thang, she can wash my clothes
But she'll never ever wear my pants

I pledge allegiance to the flag
Learned the words from my mom and dad
Cross my heart and I hope to die
With a big old piece of American pie

Love me, baby, love me for who I am
Fallen angels, singing "Clap your hands"
Don't try to take my country
I will defend my land
I'm not crazy, baby, naw, I'm American
I'm American, I'm American, I'm American

Seventy-nine cent to your dollar
All that bullshit from white-collars
You see my color before my vision
Sometimes I wonder if you were blind
Would it help you make a better decision?

I pledge allegiance to the flag
Learned the words from my mom and dad
Cross my heart and I hope to die
With a big old piece of American pie

Just love me, baby, love me for who I am
Fallen angels, singing "Clap your hands"
(Please sign your name on the dotted line)
Don't try to take my country
I will defend my land
I'm not crazy, baby, naw, I'm American
I'm American, I'm American, I'm American

Let me help you in here
Until women can get equal pay for equal work
This is not my America
Until same-gender loving people can
Be who they are this is not my America
Until black people can come
Home from a police
Stop without being shot in the head
This is not my America, huh!
Until poor whites can get a
Shot at being successful
This is not my America
I can't hear nobody talkin' to me

Just love me, baby, love me for who I am
Fallen angels, singing "Clap your hands"
(Please sign your name on the dotted line)
Don't try to take my country
I will defend my land
I'm not crazy, baby, naw
I'm American (Love me, baby)
I'm American (Love me for who I am)
(Fallen angels)

Until Latinos and Latinas don't have
To run from walls this is not my America
But, I tell you today that
The devil is a liar
Because it's gon' be my America
Before it's all over
Please sign your name on the dotted line