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The American Dream
Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch featuring Donnie D
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[Intro: Donnie & (Marquis)
The world is crazy
(Ayo, Marquis, man)
(Ayo, what up, Donnie?)
(It's kinda funny, man, you know
Looking around
The streets of America, man
See what's happening)
(Yeah, ayo, man
I guess that American dream
Ain't
All it's cracked up to be
Know what I'm sayin'?)
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
She don't care where she get her money from
Even if she gotta sell her booty booty-bum
She said she gotta put food on the table and pay the rent
So most of her days are spent
In the back seat of a car or the bathroom of a bar
And if she's lucky, the H-O-T-E-L, well
She said her daddy raped her at the tender age of ten
And over and over and over again
Said her moms put her out on the streets at sixteen
When she ran into a pimp with a gangsta lean
He took her on the town, gave her clothes and shelter
But as a payback, he had her layin' on her back
But every Tom and Dick and Jack, from lawyers to teachers
Politicians, professors, police and preachers
These are some of the clients who visit regularly
She said good lovin' never comes free
One of her customers paid cash to bang her
But after he was done, he strangled her with a hanger
Took all her money and jewelry-filled purse
He rode off in a Mercedes, she rode off in a hearse
Still to this day, I can hear the screams
How quickly it ended her American dream
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
(It's the American dream)
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
(It's the American dream)
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
(It's the American dream)
Ooh, is it just a dream?
(Check it out)
He earned the heavyweight champion's title
To children of the world, he was an idol
K.O's and TKO's made him a star athlete
Not bad for a kid, he from the streets
Raised by a foster parent all his life
Done wrong by his first and only wife
In the public eye, he was a tough guy
A young brother with a piece of the pie
It's kinda funny the strange twists fate can bring
'Cause his last fight wasn't in a ring
Shocking testimony from an accuser
She swore the champ had sexually abused her
Down comes the mallet of a judge
And as the verdict is read, he hangs his head
Guilty despite an innocent plea
Although he mighta walked free if his last name was Kennedy
Six years in the hole and if he's lucky, he'll parole in three
Can a black dude ever be free?
The jury said the color of his skin doesn't mean a thing
Hmm, but what about my man Rodney King?
Seems like nobody cares about the state of a race
Whose people have been raped but can't bring a case
Home of the brave and land of the free
To some, it's just a nightmare, the American dream
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
(It's the American dream)
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
(It's the American dream)
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
(It's the American dream)
Ooh, is it just a dream?
(Know what I'm sayin'?)
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
Ooh, is it just a dream?
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