Janelle Monáe - Americans

[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 [04:03.68]