My Country Lyrics - Stillmatic - Nas

American born, American raised, American made 

[Chorus 2X] 

My country shitted on me (My country) 

She wants to get rid of me (Naw, never) 

Cause the things I seen (We know too much) 

Cause the things I seen (We seen too much) 

[Verse 1 (Nas)] 

It was packed on the Ryker's bus 

The tight cuffs is holdin' me shackled 

The life of a thug caught in the devil's lasso 

On the streets I was invincible 

Cowards would duck at a glimpse if they knew 

What my pistol would do, a fuckin' killa 

Mothers of dope fiend embarrassin' me 

All in front of my friends 

In the street smile with no teeth 

I never knew daddy, heard he had a 72 caddy 

Died in a robbery, can't remember him, was probably 3 

Why didn't my folks just die in this society 

Why wasn't I a child of a doctor, who left stocks for me 

Two little brothers, two sisters, them shortiez gots to eat 

Mother's a junkie, she twisted, so all they got is me 

I'm the provider, with goals to do much better than my father 

Whether through drugs sold, or holdin' revolvers 

Blurry visions of dad holdin' me high 

It comes to me slowly, the words he would cry 

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[Repeat Chorus] 

[Verse 2 (Millenium Thug)] 

It is I that step up 

Me that don't give a fuck, you that bold, then it's all over soldier 

Hummers and Range's through the desert 

Fuck a 20 inch, long as we got gas and we got water 

Troopers lookin' for manslaughter 

I gotta get back, for what they owe 

Shoot'em in the back for the get back 

Lead through shit bag, hold tie gag 

Forget the life had, now we all rebels 

Everything burnt down includin' the ghetto 

We can see 4 miles the land its major rubble 

And debris from the earth as we knew crumble 

Yo you could see the sea 

And the stars look closer to me 

I'm a mad man, this is a real life movie Mad Max 

S-K's, AK's max, ABR's spittin' and it ain't a rap 

My mommy dearest pray for me hopin' I come back 

But yo 

Photos 

[Repeat Chorus] 

[Verse 3 (Nas + Millenium Thug)] 

Yo, I'm sittin' behind these prison walls 

I got this pen and pad wishin' on a visit, God 

Brothers is here for homicide and yo, it's some for rape 

Some brothers innocent, I pray that I could just escape 

How is the war 

And yo I'm wishin' I was in your shoes 

Holdin' machine guns 

Clean fun shootin' dudes with fatigues on 

Anywhere is better than this 

It's America's plan every color of man inherits the shit 

Yo I'm startin to think it's all a scheme, nobody cares 

I know the warden is readin' the scribe 

[MT] But yo I swear, it's a billion dollar business 

Courts, lawyers and jails 

We all slaves in this system, I'm bout to rebel 

[Verse 4 (Millenium Thug)] 

There's not a bitch in sight 

All block bench, all block gates 

All gray fence, look who fucked it all up, Mr. President 

I remember yesterday we was on the block gettin' bent 

Now it's state of the art 

I just saw the first dude I met here, his head came apart 

What a bloody mess, a slug fest 

I just buried 8 of mine, at night I hear grown man cryin' 

You know I'm spittin' mine 

I ain't goin' out here, we gotta win 

Everytime I hear the wind I think a slug went in 

I'm checkin' my chest, holdin' my head 

Catchin' my breath, watchin' my back 

Smokin' this grass, beatin' my dick, thinkin' of ass 

I don't know what they broadcast, the news flash is fake 

Everyday I'm feelin' like you, I wanna escape 

And if y'all niggas feelin' like me, y'all niggas just say 

[Repeat Chorus] 

[Nas talking...]