American Made (feat. Dajah Monae)

American Made (feat. Dajah Monae) - Dark Lo Lyrics

[Speech: Dark Lo]

You see the problem with America is

Y'all want us to forget history

Y'all say, “why is the black murder rate so high?”

You got to think. This is something new

It wasn't high back in the 50's, the 40's, the 30's

No, the Italians was slaughtering each other

The white man was the killer. He was killing us

This is fairly new

Now why, because all of our black leaders was killed

In the 60's, the late 60's

Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, John F. Kennedy

After they were killed, we ran destruction

We didn't have no guidance

So what did we do?

We start murdering and killing each other

When they killed Fred Hampton, they took a picture of him and showed it to your black ass

This man of the Black Panther Party

One thing you Americans got to learn

Is the black man was stripped, we don't know our last name

We don't know our language

So when you say, “why the black man running around killing each other?”

What else we gon' do?

We was stripped of our identity

Now you Americans

You people are celebrating Thanksgiving

The celebration of a slaughter of a whole nation

And you celebrate it in your July 4ths

‘Cause you're confused, but I'm woke

And I know I'm American made

America made us like this



[Intro: Dark Lo]

See, it was the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King

John F. Kennedy

And that was after slavery

Or Fred Hampton

But we still was acting cool though

Malcolm X

We ain't start murdering each other ‘til like the 60's, or the early 70's

When all our leaders was killed

That was when we start murdering each other

We got confused

This shit new to us, for real

Now we're in the state of destruction right now

Right now

American Made

C'mon Lo, c'mon Lo

Damn!



[Verse 1: Dark Lo]

American Made, it all started from the slave trade

That's the blame on how he behave

Black shoot each other down, all we see is rage

They took a mother from her kid, she was pre-paid

Then hung our son on the tree ‘til he decayed

Then raped her daughter in front of her, her dad was afraid

Great-granny house burnt by the 3 K's

Four hundred plus years, beginning stage

Forty acres and a mule, where's it at, I'm comfused

Only country it's a crime to see your kids in school

They'll kill you if you learned how to read too

They killed Emmett Till and they ain't need proof

As a black man, we was set to lose

Red, white and blues, we had to set the rules

Now it's black-on-black crime when you check the news

My last album, it was timeless, now I'm back with jewels

They killed all our black teachers

Martin Luther King was the strongest leader

Fred Hampton in his sleep, killed him for no reason

Then took a pic of this shit, he on the ground bleeding, FBI the heathens

Any black man a threat if he form allegiance

Malcolm X on the steps, shot him down for treason

Presidents, politics, shit, we don't believe it

They leave us out to dry and drop us in the deep end

This why I never vote, this the realest shit I never wrote

We was on shackles, fresh off the boat

Then they came with Christianity, we got provoked

Our living habits, eating habits, it got so gross

High blood pressure, strokes

Smart, strong black man is what they hate the most

What I learned the most, reading Jim Crow

Trying to shine the light on you, but it's dim low

It's like your brain moving slow

I guess Jesus was a white man

‘Cause a black man will kill you for your Jumpmans

Killuminati, Pac dead, I'm the front man

Judge playing football, he the punt man, [?]

A black man with common sense you ain't use to

The church and your schools, they confused you

You stay worried ‘bout who's who

Worry ‘bout your history and past, you have no clue



[Hook: Dajah Monae]

Pay attention to your world

Never trust a soul or what you heard

Why you're hurting me, I'm just your friend

[?] to have my back until the end

Wake up, wake up, no [?]

We have to pray to the [?] soul [?]

[?] the time is now



[Verse 2: Dark Lo]

We blossom like a flower eventually

Our fathers was [?] for centuries

Five hundred years, check the history

I'm speaking all facts, you can't disagree

Time just moving and moving

Black man still losing and losing

Government gave us crack, it was an epidemic

White folks OD's on opioids so it's a crisis

Don't stay sleep, don't stay sleep

Dream is for the weak, dream is for the weak

Aunty Rosa said “fuck it” she ain't move her seat

For nothing, we're still dying, killing in the streets

Forty acres and a mule, they're lying through their teeth

I need a bank loan, can anybody vouch for me

Our greatest leader, head shot on his balcony

Same headshot to JFK, they had it out for him



[Hook: Dajah Monae (w/ Dark Lo)]

Wake up, wake up, take a look around

Wake up, wake up, we are falling down

Wake up, wake up, no [?]

Had to [?]

You have to wake up, wake up, have to wake up, wake up

Have to wake up, wake up, have to wake up, wake up

‘Cause the time is now

Wake up, wake up, got to wake up, wake up

Have to wake up, wake up, got to wake up, wake up