T.I. - New National Anthem lyrics

[Intro:] I know radio probably aint gonna play this But chopper going off in the hood, man, like Afghanistan or the Gaza strip somewhere, man Yeah, we hear it so much we probably numb to it by now After all, its the American way, right? Hook: Home of the brave and free (its America) Free just to murder me (land of the handgun) Land of the beautiful (home of the shotgun) Cursed by the hate we throw (youre dead if you aint got one) Is this the new national anthem? (It was like this before I got here, baby, I aint do it) Is this the new national anthem? (I aint start it, Im just a part of it!) Turn it, yeah! You say this the home of the brave, I guess I say this the home of the Ks and the vets All alone with the Js smoking yay cause he stressed On chrome with a Tek taught to spray for respect. I learned from the best, used to stay in the jets Bought work from the vets burning rubber in the vests This as good as it gets used to play with the rats God blessed this n***a, to hustle up and make eight figures Turned from a goon to a great young n***a No complaining just doing what it take, young n***a I was raised in a decade of hate, young n***a Always dodging polices because they hate, young n***as! And we hate them too, 38 in him shoe All the changes the system will take him through He aint a k**er, but he will if you make him do it Homicide hell ride, theyll put him on trial Let him have a life sentence, then do it with a smile And he only 19, he aint even had a child As a child, told his mama hell be gone for a while. And she cried, still they just put him inside Now she all on her own because her other son died Listen to the politician as he lied and he lied He a snake in a suit, trying to hide in disguise. Hook: Home of the brave and free (well damn officer, what did I do?) Free just to murder me (now hold up, man, dont shoot, I live over there) Land of the beautiful (a man what you doin) Cursed by the hate we throw (you tripping dwag) Is this the new national anthem? (How many times has that ever happened to you, What the f** do you know about being a black man in America?) (It was like this before I got here, baby, I aint do it) Is this the new national anthem? (And you wonder why we walk around with straps) Is this the new national anthem? (f** is you say?) For the stars and the stripes prison bars and the pipe Young n***a rolling weed in a cigar he can light Bang red either blue selling hard and the white. Live by the gun, never run from a figth Trayvon in a hoodie, walking through the neighborhood He didnt do sh** to buddy, he didnt have to die, did he? I guess its because his dad was a judge in the city They didnt want him in the pen with the thugs that could get him. A jury of his peers said all was forgiven, But touch one of mine, right or wrong, Imma k** them Fill them with the lead like they put in Martin Luther Kings head Like they k**ed Malcolm X, Edgar Hoover did that! You can catch me in the hood where they shooting n***as at They dont know if Neighborhood or the Hoovers did that Whether Piru or VLs or GDs with me We down to uprise from the OGs to peewees. Hook: Home of the brave and free (dont get it f**ed up) Free just to murder me (If you aint found something youre willing to die for, you aint fit to live) Land of the beautiful (To get something you never had, You must be willing to do something youve never done) Cursed by the hate we throw (Imma die by mine) Is this the new national anthem? (America! You refused to be ignored!) Let me ask you something, If the kids are the future, Tell me why you can get more for being the CO Than you can for being a teacher?! Tell me why it means more to the government To pay the people who got to watch over the prisoners, More than the people who got to keep the children from becoming prisoners. That makes sense? Tell me why 9 ounces of crack will get you more time than a rape, right now! Tell me why them crazy white boys can tote a gun, but I cant right now. Yeah, I had felonies, I done did dirt in the streets, But I aint ever gave it to anybody that didnt deserve it. You know what I mean? I aint ever ran in no public place with no pistol shooting no innocent people I aint never ran in no school k**ing no kids Man, this is the result of you refusing to deal with the issues at hand We are a product of the environment You placed us in, we aint do it, we just lived through it Hook: Home of the brave and free (message to my people) Free just to murder me (Stop waiting on folk to help you, help yourself, it starts with you Land of the beautiful (You get yourself out, reach back, get somebody else out) Cursed by the hate we throw (And thats the way we were going to get ahead) Is this the new national anthem? (Sitting around, Waiting on government to do something for us, Aint never gonna happen, partner! They dont give a f** about us!) Is this the new national anthem, but dont play into their hand, partner, You making it easy for em, Hell is you doing?)