American Boy
by @nahlej381 · @chrisgray
NSFWLiner Notes
chris sent me some super funny lyrics. i didn't quite get it where i wanted it but it was fun anyways. i moved words around and stuff but tried to keep it mostly intact. cheers.
sidenote...i don't watch sports, drive a fancy car, own a gun or do any of the cool stuff chris wrote about...i'm a lib cuc SOB that sleeps with a wood bat by the bed and pitbulls at my feet (and a chihuahua too)
Lyrics
american boy
i'm an american boy raised on porn and Doritos dealing crypto from my Lambo in case I need to make like Rambo got a Glock in the glove compartment a live-in maid in my apartment and I totally adore it hope she don't get deported I'm an american boy
can you believe some bitch called me a misogynist not sure what she meant but the judge ruled from the bench the evidence was inadmissible which only proves that I'm invincible totally unfuckwithable I'm an american boy
listen I like women if they stay in their place kneel at my feet or sit on my face but what really makes my day is pro football or MMA end of discussion it's not sport without concussions i'm an american boy
they call it american exceptionalism i'll tell you what that means this is the land of opportunity except for you and you mostly all for me hey, if you deserved to be here, you would have been born here
we're american boys if there's money to be made we're gonna make it you got something we want we're gonna take it rare earths, oil, Greenland get the fuck out of our way
you don't like us we don't give a fuck we'd rather be feared than be loved you hear me I'd rather be feared than be loved i'm an american boy
Comments
Very good lyric Chris, so many good lines. Nice delivery fella as well. Enjoyed this one
love that bouncing bass line. the delivery of the rap is great. especially after the instrumental break and the treatment on the line with "exceptionalism". the delivery at times of "American boy" , with the half smirk and hopeless laugh, is so perfectly strong. i really like the outro as well, i thought re-visiting the opening verse was a smart decision, and not ending on the title hook is strong because the line is essential and distills down the whole song into four words.
the theme here is playful from the drop and the sonic space dives in head first, so the pairing is very nice. some of those rhymes are terrific chris. dorito/lambo/crypto/rambo ...truly what could be more america? the ideas here are out there, which is the point. great collab.
You been busy!! Another fantastic collab. You’re so talented. My granny would be very proud of you. What a great archetypal portrait brought forth in the lyrics. You brought that isht to life!
Chris totally nails the target with some superb punchy lines (as a big Randy Newman fan I’m always there for an unreliable narrator song). And then Adam really commits to the role - your natural genius for capturing the flow of lyrics really carries the track, makes it an excellent collab. Lovely take on the chorus too. Really enjoyed this one chaps!
Great team work. I like how you lean into this character. There’s part of me singing along and another part, saying wait that’s awful. It reminds me a little bit of how I liked to sing Short People Got No. Reason to Live to my little sister when I was nine.