No pain, no gain, is the flame in your brain And I can't tell you, you can't do it' You will taste the pain You gotta be tough and rough, like any superstar That you see on TV and what is called a gangsta
Hah, hah, ha, you really think you could be Just with the hat on your head and a fist like an O G Mad it is you know to think you are Hardcore as the guys in L.A. are
Well, my pal, you don't need all the hardcore Yo motherfucker, you know what's your fist for To put a brick upon a brick, now won't you quit Yet to give me the bullshit 'cause this is not America Don't give me the bullshit 'cause this is not America
This is not, ah this is not This is not, this is not America This is not, ah this is not This is not, this is not America This is not, ah this is not This is not, this is not America This is not, ah this is not This is not, this is not America
There's people gettin' sprayed with the bullet of pain By the media, the guns and you're the aim Again 'n' again 'n' again 'n' again An American media don't make a man
Of all you soft ice wanna 'T's, ah who you wanna be? Be an individual, show personality Take all it takes to be somebody else And don't believe all of what the hype tells
And if you're down with yourself, and if you're down with your soul ah, you will quick understand what this was for Don't think you gotta be like the 'Homies' are 'Cause all you want is bliss and this is not America 'Cause all you want is bliss and this is not America
This is not, ah this is not This is not, this is not America This is not, ah this is not This is not, this is not America This is not, ah this is not This is not, this is not America This is not, ah this is not This is not, this is not America
This is not America This is not America This is not America This is not America