[00:00.000] 作词 : Not Applicable[00:01.000] 作曲 : Not Applicable[00:03.139]"Man I worked for, had one of the biggest companies in New York City[00:06.766]He didn't own his own company[00:08.461]White man owned it, so they owned him[00:10.630]Nobody owns me though."[00:15.422](Your gangster is not defined)[00:18.043]Your gangster is not defined by how low your jeans fall by your waist[00:22.884]But, more how your genes stand up to their expectations[00:26.098]"Never forgetting where we came from"[00:27.109](Your gangster, your gangster)[00:29.169]Your gangster is not defined by how many rocks are in your watch[00:32.711]But more, how many rocks you move while owning the watch[00:36.507](Gangsters, hustlers, Republicans, Democrats, pimps and hoes)[00:42.930]Conservatives, Labour – the seller, the buyer, the product, the producer[00:47.603]"See what you are in this world"[00:48.810]The gangster is absorbed and adored by those that don't understand the laws that govern the gangsterment[00:57.422](Gangsterment, gangsterment)[00:59.956]Gangsterment allows you to make up your own laws[01:02.498]And create brand new words, gangster mentality (Gangster mentality)[01:09.064]An American way – created by the white, mastered by the black[01:13.227]And absorbed by the fiends[01:15.243]Taxed by the governmentality (Governmentality), charted by Forbes[01:20.543]If you believe in JAY-Z, then you too can be a gangster[01:24.232](Then you too can be a gangster)[01:26.743]By any means necessary, by owning that dream[01:30.163]I mean it's a long walk to freedom[01:31.974]But, while deep, deep, deep inside the bush[01:35.406](The War on Terror screams – damn, it feels good)[01:39.733]Damn, it feels good to be a gangster, haha[01:42.634](To be a gangster, swagger is not a must, it's a liability[01:47.522]A cliché, a bad suit, cut the bullshit[01:53.688]You know if it wasn't for this, there would be no that)[01:57.658]Which we call, the American Gangster