Americans Janelle Monáe

[00:00.13] Hold on, don't fight your war alone
[00:07.08] Halo around you, don't have to face it on your own
[00:13.45] We will win this fight
[00:17.44] Let all souls be brave
[00:20.50] We'll find a way to heaven
[00:24.59] We'll find a way
[00:29.82] War is old, so is sex
[00:31.38] Let's play God, you go next
[00:33.26] Hands go up, men go down
[00:35.32] Try my luck, stand my ground
[00:38.11] Die in church, live in jail
[00:40.62] Say her name, twice in hell
[00:43.09] Uncle Sam kissed a man
[00:45.57] Jim Crow Jesus rose again
[00:48.25] I like my woman in the kitchen
[00:52.84] I teach my children superstitions
[00:57.61] I keep my two guns on my blue nightstand
[01:02.45] A pretty young thang, she can wash my clothes
[01:04.50] But she'll never ever wear my pants
[01:06.98] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[01:09.47] Learned the words from my mom and dad
[01:12.08] Cross my heart and I hope to die
[01:14.14] With a big old piece of American pie
[01:17.28] Love me baby
[01:18.92] Love me for who I am
[01:21.95] Fallen angels
[01:24.16] Singing: "clap your hands"
[01:26.51] Don't try to take my country
[01:29.45] I will defend my land
[01:31.65] I'm not crazy, baby, naw
[01:34.83] I'm American
[01:38.18] I'm American
[01:40.04] I'm American
[01:42.49] I'm American
[01:46.02] Seventy-nine cent to your dollar
[01:50.74] All that bullshit from white-collars
[01:55.38] You see my color before my vision
[01:59.95] Sometimes I wonder if you will fly
[02:01.93] Would it help you make a better decision?
[02:04.73] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[02:07.28] Learned the words from my mom and dad
[02:09.75] Cross my heart and I hope to die
[02:11.75] With a big old piece of American pie
[02:14.97] Just love me baby
[02:17.22] Love me for who I am
[02:19.61] Fallen angels
[02:22.21] Singing: "clap your hands"
[02:24.44] Don't try to take my country
[02:26.46] I will defend my land
[02:29.22] I'm not crazy, baby, naw
[02:32.42] I'm American
[02:35.23] I'm American
[02:37.31] I'm American
[02:39.97] I'm American
[02:43.52] Let me help you in here
[02:44.83] Until women can get equal pay for equal work
[02:49.13] This is not my America
[02:51.78] Until same gender loving people can be who they are
[02:55.75] This is not my America
[02:57.59] Until black people can come home
[02:59.64] From a police stop without being shot in the head
[03:02.79] This is not my America
[03:04.87] Until poor whites can get a shot at being successful
[03:08.68] This is not my America
[03:10.68] I can't hear nobody talkin' to me
[03:12.70] Just love me baby, love me for who I am
[03:17.03] Fallen angels singing, "clap your hands"
[03:22.17] Don't try to take my country, I will defend my land
[03:26.76] I'm not crazy, baby, naw
[03:29.86] I'm American (love me baby)
[03:32.81] I'm American (love me for who I am)
[03:36.44] Until Latinos and Latinas don't have to run from walls
[03:42.92] This is not my America
[03:45.17] But I tell you today that the devil is a liar
[03:48.51] Because it's gon' be my America before it's all over
[03:58.35] Please sign your name on the dotted line
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