American Greed - Oddisee

When George Bush took the oil from the soil

I was in front of the counter buying some milk from the Arabs

In the land of honey I order fries from Chinese surviving off of what’s in the

foil

Gallon of gas, 2% is the same price

So it seems to the villain goes the spoil

It’s cheap fuel, fried rice to my brother man

Cheap fuel, pipelines from the motherland

It’s all the same, right?

On the other hand supply and demand could fill the corners off a late night

It’s that suffering bestowed upon us by that great white

Not Columbus but Colombians

Cause ain’t no coca leaves growing in the District

Of Columbia, so the rut we in

Got to be the best example of some pimp shit

Hit the strip, nigga, get that money and bring it back to daddy

Our forefathers been giving us the shaft

Back lash of a whip, to them whips like the back of Caddies

But we don’t give a fuck cause we gettin cash, exactly

This is everything you want, it’s everything you need

This is good old fashioned American greed

See we get it how we get it and we spend it how we spend it

Cause it’s good old fashioned American greed

I want that dollar, but when I got it it’s not enough

Fucking forget it, you think I’m quittin, you out of luck

Cause I’m addicted to picket fences and getting profit

Fuck penny pinching and pissy pensions amount to what?

Never stoppin killin myself to make a living

Make it, I spend it, they lend it, I take it, they print it, I fake it

Them laws invented by those who break 'em, I bend 'em

I’m painted as heinous by hypocrites who feel offended

Blue collar due to the stains from the blood of royals

Freedom rang, freedom rang but it didn’t holler

Hard knocking at opportunity’s door for life

Cause you can only reach the buzzer if you is a scholar

Higher learning, higher earning at the same time

The fire burning in the ghetto is about to boil… in the celebrated plot

I got everything I need but but I want everything you got