Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Intro , by - Jay-Z. Release date: 05.12.2007
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
Intro |
| A man I worked for had one of the biggest in New York |
| He didn’t own his own company, a White man owned it, so they owned him |
| Nobody owns me though |
| Your gangster is not defined (Your gangster is not defined) |
| Your gangster is not defined by how low your jeans fall by your waist |
| But more how your genes stand up to their expectations |
| «Never forgetting where we came from» |
| Your gangster, your gangster |
| Your gangster is not defined by how many rocks are in your watch |
| But rather how many rocks you move while owning watch |
| Gangsters, hustlers, republicans and democrats, pimps and hoes |
| Conservatives, labour |
| The seller, the buyer, the product, the producer |
| «See you are what you are in this world» |
| The gangster is absorbed and adored by those that don’t understand the laws |
| that govern the gangsterment |
| Gangsterment, gangsterment |
| Gangsterment allows you to make up your own laws |
| And create brand new words, gangster mentality |
| Gangster mentality, an American way created by the white |
| Mastered by the black, and absorbed by the fiends |
| Taxed by the governmentality, governmentality (Governmentality) |
| Charted by Forbes, if you believe in JAY-Z |
| Then you too can be a gangster (Then you too can be a gangster) |
| By any means necessary, by owning that dream |
| I mean it’s a long walk to freedom |
| But, while deep, deep, deep inside the bush |
| The war on terror screams, damn it feels good |
| Damn it feels good to be a gangster, haha |
| To be a gangster, swagger is not a must, it’s a liability |
| A cliché, a bad suit, cut the bullshit (Cut the bullshit) |
| You know if it wasn’t for this, there would be no that |
| Which we call, the American Gangster |