American Dream

[Hook x2: Nelly]<br>Yo it be I man, fuckin it up for errbody<br>I can`t lie man, they thought I was just gettin started<br>Peep the pie man, its the american dream<br>I`m just participatin, my participation is game<br><br>[Nelly]<br>I`m makin this one for the hotel, motel, Holiday Inns<br>Super 8, Red and the Ritz Carltons<br>All my niggaz that tryin to ball, my niggaz ballin<br>All my soldiers and generals, errbody fall in<br>Stop stallin, pick up the phone and call in<br>Tell your boss you ain`t gon make it to work in the mornin<br>and while you explainin go head and throw a cough in<br>and kindly explain that this won`t happen often<br>but I`m long and I`m amazed, I`m be willin then dazed<br>I rage that niggaz think that derrty don`t need a cage<br>I should be put on display, for the display I`m displayin<br>Half you niggaz is dyin and all the rest are decayin<br>I`m doin tracks in hotels steady rockin girls bells<br>Kinda like a young L residin in Nellyville<br>I never squeal, not the type to kiss and tell<br>but if I catch ya in the shower I might kiss ya tail<br><br>[Hook x2: Nelly]<br>Yo it be I man, fuckin it up for errbody<br>I can`t lie man, they thought I was just gettin started<br>Peep the pie man, its the american dream<br>I`m just participatin, my participation is game<br><br>[Ali]<br>Now as I bounced off, Kyweezy writin movies<br>Slo done took that mask off<br>Mo`s the leader what do ya know, Murph run his ass off<br>I got every whip, derrty even got a Nascar<br>and you know we fucked up at his house<br>Ayo my rain on weed, naps and Japanese<br>Clap at g`s, smack `em back on they knees<br>Drop on wack, simple facts that rap needs<br>and its always Christ-a-mas and wrap trees<br>and I got my game, I said I got my game from the OG`s<br>Smokin reefer, moonshine pumpin OD`s<br>Bought a old plain chain, yeah you know me<br>shipped in from Cali got it home, cops`ll know these<br>Yo we smashed the summer<br>We oughta recoup, call NASA to do the numbers<br>All the friendship on the vocals started fire in the booth<br>Got more whips and chains than amastad and russe<br><br>[Kyjuan]<br>Ali I`m sicka ballin, unnecessary phone callin<br>Man down, pimp in distress I think I`m fallin<br>For anything but the okey doke<br>I`m old school like her and bones and nooky ropes<br>I can`t stand no groupie folks<br>They want me to turn around like this is hokey poke<br>They wanna bring me down like Irv before I choked<br>I`m not a joke at all, I`m Quick-Draw-McGraw<br>and number 20 on the Lakers couldnt hold me yall<br>I`m climbin over yall, I`m still scorin<br>85 percenta yall awake but still snorin<br>Got knowledge of self and now my style is much older now<br>We Derrty Ent., We all we got we hold it down<br>I`m feelin cooler than cool, my wrist cold and wild<br>If theres a fashion king then I deserve the crown<br>I`m U-City, you dressin up I`m dressin down<br>and you keep messin up, me and your girl gon be messin<br><br>around<br><br>[Hook x2: Nelly]<br>Yo it be I man, fuckin it up for errbody<br>I can`t lie man, they thought I was just gettin started<br>Peep the pie man, its the american dream<br>I`m just participatin, my participation is game<br><br>[Murphy Lee]<br>Ayo I`m fresh out the gate<br>from the Lou with a Grammy in my resi`<br>Nelly bought me a presi` with a diamond in the besi`<br>Tics taught me how to walk so when I run I be ready<br>Female fans sayin that I`m they baby daddy<br>Whoa more attention than Justin and Janet<br>How I Midwest Swang and how I St. Louis Ram it<br>Derrty Ent. damnit, got more bread than a samich<br>and my wrist got more Nuggets than Carmelo and Camby<br>Look, I`m from the Lou and I`m important like the Arch<br>so tourists look for me like an important part shoot<br>Find your talent, use your talent get your money<br>or don`t find your talent and don`t use it and stay bummy<br>But that ain`t on me cuz we built it from scratch<br>My neck shit is a house witha house in the back<br>Man I been wild since middle school, I was that little dude<br>That been around more waist lines than hula hoops