Eminem - White America Posted by RAP OU CRĒVE 05 JUL 2019, 10:00 Share this : Share this: 708 Share this : Share this: Subscribe to RAP OU CRĒVE Share this : Share this: 0 LYRICS IntroAmerica! Ha ha ha! We love you How many people are proud to be citizens Of this beautiful country of ours, the stripes and the stars For the rights that men have died for to protect? The women and men who have broke their necks For the freedom of speech the United States government has sworn to uphold… or so we're told (Yo, I want everybody to listen to the words of this song)Verse 1I never would've dreamed in a million years I'd see So many motherfuckin' people who feel like me Who share the same views and the same exact beliefs It's like a fuckin' army marchin' in back of me So many lives I touched, so much anger aimed In no particular direction, just sprays and sprays And straight through your radio waves, it plays and plays 'Til it stays stuck in your head, for days and days Who would've thought, standin' in this mirror, bleachin' my hair With some peroxide, reachin' for a t-shirt to wear That I would catapult to the forefront of rap like this? How could I predict my words would have an impact like this? I must've struck a chord with somebody up in the office 'Cause Congress keep tellin' me I ain't causin' nothin' but problems And now they're sayin' I'm in trouble with the government I'm lovin' it, I shoveled shit all my life, and now I'm dumpin' it onHookWhite America! I could be one of your kidsWhite America! little Eric looks just like thisWhite America! Erica loves my shitI go to TRL, look how many hugs I get!White America! I could be one of your kidsWhite America! little Eric looks just like thisWhite America! Erica loves my shitI go to TRL, look how many hugs I get!Verse 2Look at these eyes, baby blue, baby just like yourselfIf they were brown, Shady'd lose, Shady sits on the shelfBut Shady's cute, Shady knew Shady's dimples would helpMake ladies swoon, baby (ooh, baby!) — look at my sales!Let's do the math: if I was black, I woulda sold halfI ain't have to graduate from Lincoln High School to know thatBut I could rap, so fuck school, I'm too cool to go backGive me the mic! Show me where the fuckin' studio's at!When I was underground, no one gave a fuck I was whiteNo labels wanted to sign me, almost gave up, I was like"Fuck it," until I met Dre, the only one to look pastGave me a chance and I lit a fire up under his assHelped him get back to the top, every fan black that I gotWas prob'ly his in exchange for every white fan that he's gotLike damn, we just swapped: sittin' back lookin' at shit, wowI'm like my skin is it startin' to work to my benefit now?HookWhite America, I could be one of your kidsWhite America, little Eric looks just like thisWhite America, Erica loves my shitI go to TRL, look how many hugs I get!White America, I could be one of your kidsWhite America, little Eric looks just like thisWhite America, Erica loves my shitI go to TRL, look how many hugs I get!Verse 3See, the problem is I speak to suburban kidsWho otherwise woulda never knew these words existWhose moms prob'ly woulda never gave two squirts of piss'Til I created so much motherfuckin' turbulenceStraight out the tube, right into your livin' rooms I cameAnd kids flipped when they knew I was produced by DreThat's all it took, and they were instantly hooked right inAnd they connected with me too, because I looked like themThat's why they put my lyrics up under this microscopeSearchin' with a fine tooth comb, it's like this ropeWaitin' to choke, tightenin' around my throatWatchin' me while I write this, like, "I don't like this note!"All I hear is: lyrics, lyrics, constant controversySponsors working round the clock to try to stop my concerts earlySurely hip-hop was never a problem in Harlem, only in BostonAfter it bothered the fathers of daughters startin' to blossomSo now I'm catchin' the flak from these activists when they raggin'Actin' like I'm the first rapper to smack a bitch or say "faggot," shitJust look at me like I'm your closest palThe posterchild, the motherfuckin' spokesman now, for—HookWhite America, I could be one of your kidsWhite America, little Eric looks just like thisWhite America, Erica loves my shitI go to TRL, look how many hugs I get!White America, I could be one of your kidsWhite America, little Eric looks just like thisWhite America, Erica loves my shitI go to TRL, look how many hugs I get!OutroSo to the parents of America, I am the DerringerAimed at little Erica to attack her characterThe ringleader of this circus of worthless pawnsSent to lead the march right up to the steps of CongressAnd piss on the lawns of the White HouseTo burn the flag and replace it with a Parental Advisory stickerTo spit liquor in the faces of this democracy of hypocrisyFuck you, Ms. Cheney! Fuck you, Tipper Gore!Fuck you with the freest of speech this Divided States of Embarrassment will allow me to have! Fuck you! Ha ha ha, I'm just playin', AmericaYou know I love you Back to: Animations