I'm America's worst nightmare I'm young, black, and holding my nuts like, yeah While ya'll was at the pub, havin' a light beer I was at the club, havin' a fight there
Ya'll can go home, husband and wife there My momma at work tryin' to buy me the right gear Nine years old uncle lost his life here I grew up thinkin' life ain't fair
How can I get a real job, China white right there Right in front of my sight like here, yeah There's ya ticket out the ghetto take flight right here Tell on me you go bye-bye here, damn
There's a different set of rules we abide by here You need a gun, niggas might drive by here Ya'll havin' fun, racin' all ya hot-rods there Downloadin' all our music on ya iPods there
I'm Chuck-D, standin' in the crosshairs here Ya'll straight, chicks got horse hair here Ya'll ain't gotta be in fear of ya'll bosses there You lose your job, your pop rich, ya'll don't care
So I don't care, ya'll acting like ya'll don't hear All the screams from the ghetto Or the teens ducking metal here So they steam like a kettle here Trying to take they mind to a whole different level here
Yeah, we real close to devil here Got to be a better way somebody call a reverend here Yeah, have mercy really be in heaven here Somebody tell God that we got a couple of questions here My little cousin never got to see his seventh year And I'm so used to pain that I ain't even shed a tear Read more at http://www.songlyrics.com/jay-z/young-gifted-and-black-lyrics/#7TpYudZoXgE14AaO.99