Mr. President
Bushwick Bill Lyrics

Hello Mr. President, residents of the White House, excuse me
I would like to address the President and the people in power at the White House

I'd like to know, have you ever enjoyed an old-time gangster movie?
Have you ever appreciated the allure of the old gangster movies?

With the white man ringin shots on blocks
Depicting the white man as the one pulling the trigger on the streets

With their clean shave and pin strip-suits
Portraying them with a clean-cut appearance and classy suits

Bootleggin-whiskey-rapin-black-women-and-havin-a-fat-stack-of-loot
Engaged in illegal activities such as bootlegging, exploiting Black women, and accumulating wealth

Undercover David Duke, isn't it true
Indicating the existence of white supremacists like David Duke operating undercover

The gangster movement started long before my time
The criminal culture has existed long before my generation

Long before the hair rag, gangster sag
Before the fashion trends associated with gangster subculture

Finger signs and love for nines?
Hand gestures and affinity for firearms?

Is the hate really that deep, what's truly goin on?
Is the underlying hatred and discrimination deeply rooted, what is the real situation?

Knockin me for the words I write
Criticizing me for the messages in my lyrics

For writin movie scripts by whites like Mr. Al Capone
Creating scripts for movies written by white individuals, like Mr. Al Capone

America, A land that made Christopher Columbus a historian for bringing madmen, white slaves, and rapists
America is a country that honors Christopher Columbus, who brought criminals, white slaves, and rapists

Kennedy, his dad was a bootlegger for Al Capone
Even President Kennedy's father was involved in illegal activities as a bootlegger for Al Capone

Became President. Isn't it evident that those who sit in the residence are not president?
Being President doesn't make someone a true leader, as evident from the individuals residing in the White House

Now why you want to try to knock me
Why do you want to criticize me?

Cause I'm black, got a gat
Just because I'm black, and carry a gun

Twist my hat and all, listen to Mr. Scarface
Adjusting my hat, just like the character Mr. Scarface

Think about the way the government wants to hold us back
Consider how the government tries to hinder our progress

I believe the whole system is a huge crime scene
I think the entire system is corrupt and filled with criminal activities

And everyday they're doin the dirty work
Every day, they are engaging in dishonest and immoral actions

And layin it on us niggas
And blaming us Black people for their actions

If you know what I mean
If you understand my perspective

So don't corrupt your own minds foolin yourself
Don't deceive yourselves and become corrupted in your thinking

Tryin to lay it on the black man
Trying to shift blame onto Black individuals

I'm a young gee tryin to leave poverty
I am a young person trying to escape poverty

With a gat in my black hand
Armed with a gun in my Black hand

So white heathen, taken straight out of the crate of a mouth of a babe
So, you white individual, who lacks moral or religious principles, just like an ignorant child

Yeah, a honkey can't stop what a honkey started
Yes, a white person cannot prevent the consequences of their own actions

And the ghetto's what you honkeys made
The ghettos exist because of the actions and neglect of white individuals

That's right, sittin up there in the White House
Yes, those in power at the White House

With your homosexual mentalities and female persuasions
With your tendencies towards homosexuality and attraction to women

I'm talkin to all the J. Edgar Hoovers that are still left in there
I am addressing all the individuals in power who resemble J. Edgar Hoover and his discriminatory philosophies

All the big brothers that are watching
Referring to the government surveillance and control

I hope you're listenin
I hope you are paying attention

Cause the bad shit you put on criminals has made the citizens take control
The unfair treatment and unjust policies towards criminals have motivated the citizens to take matters into their own hands

Now Sergeant hit ya, get with ya
Now listen closely, pay attention

Let's get back to the issue, continue dissin
Let's focus on the main problem and continue criticizing

My way of livin, so a little nigga like me
My lifestyle, as a young person like me

Gots to go and dish ya this mission
I have to deliver this important message to you

Hopin that the message that I'm sendin
Hoping that the message I am conveying

Gets through to you and your people
Resonates with you and those in power

Devil, look at your own dirty past
Look at your own shameful history

Before you come to me with your blue-eyed evil
Before you approach me with your malicious intentions

If I kill 30 innocent, would you write a movie about me and spare my life?
If I were to kill 30 innocent people, would you make a movie about me and give me leniency?

Or would you lock me up with triple life and strap me down in the electric chair?
Or would you sentence me to life in prison three times over and execute me in the electric chair?

See, it's not about the sign I throw up
You see, it's not about the hand gesture I make

Or where I roam, or what a nigga wear
Or the places I go, or the clothes a Black person wears

See cracker, it's all about respect for your hood
You see, white person, it's about showing respect for your community

Your clique, and all of those whose pain with you share
For your group of friends and all those who experience pain alongside you

That's right, pain
Yes, pain

The pain that I feel
The pain that I experience

Is the pain from shame
It's the pain caused by the shame

The shame that you've caused me
The shame that you, as a white person, have brought upon me

For over 400 years of protection
For over 400 years of being subjugated and oppressed

The pain that I have within me
The pain that resides within me

The rage that is flaming
The burning anger that consumes me

Makes me want to say the things that I say
Motivates me to speak the way I do

Do the things that I do
And act the way I do

And let you know
And inform you

That when you look at me
That when you see me

Or look down at me
Or look upon me with disdain

Or look across from your side of the world to my side
Or view me from your perspective across the racial divide

That what you have failed to realize
What you have not understood

Is that you've put me in projects
Is that you have placed me in low-income housing projects

I realize it was an experiment
I understand it was an experiment

So when you put me in jail
So when you incarcerate me

I realize I just made it through the millions
I know I have survived against the odds

I'm just another rat that made my cheese
I am just another individual who has found success

And you couldn't stand it
And it bothers you

But what can all the big cats do
But what can all the powerful individuals do

When all the rats want to get fat
When all the marginalized individuals strive for success

But try to cut down on the cheese
But attempt to limit their access to opportunities

What you don't realize is that you're jerkin yourself
What you fail to understand is that you are sabotaging your own progress

Killin your own existence
Damaging your own society

You're all walking dead men, and don't know it
You are all living in ignorance, unaware of your impending downfall

With book sense and street sense
With intelligence gained from education and personal experiences

If you had street intelligence
If you possessed the knowledge of street life

You would really know
You would truly understand

That you're one footstep between life and death
That your life can change in an instant

That the mouth is a open grave
That the tongue can cause destruction

And you've offered me the right to elect you to a bullet
And you have given me the authority to choose your demise

Which is a straight shot to the top, right?
Which serves as a direct path to power and control, doesn't it?

And what goes up must come down
And anything that reaches the top will eventually fall

That's why it's goin down right now
That's why the downfall is currently happening

You can smell the smoke
You can perceive the signs of destruction

See the flames
Witness the chaos and destruction

And see the bodies that are left on the ground
And witness the casualties of this turmoil

Because the flag
Due to the actions represented by the national flag

Red, white and blue
Symbolized by the colors of the American flag

And the stars from all the years you've whupped me and mines
And the scars from all the years of oppression and violence towards me and my community

I still see
I still witness the effects of it all