a man i worked for had one of the biggest in new york he didn t own his own company a white man owned it so they owned him nobody owns me though your gangster is not defined your gangster is not defined by how low your jeans fall by your waist but more how your genes stand up to their expectations never forgetting where we came from your gangster your gangster your gangster is not defined by how many rocks are in your watch but rather how many rocks you move while owning watch gangsters hustlers republicans and democrats pimps and hoes conservatives labour the seller the buyer the product the producer see you are what you are in this world the gangster is absorbed and adored by those that don t understand the laws that govern the gangsterment gangsterment gangsterment gangsterment allows you to make up your own laws and create brand new words gangster mentality gangster mentality an american way created by the white mastered by the black and absorbed by the fiends taxed by the governmentality governmentality charted by forbes if you believe in jay z then you too can be a gangster by any means necessary by owning that dream i mean it s a long walk to freedom but while deep deep deep inside the bush the war on terror screams damn it feels good damn it feels good to be a gangster haha to be a gangster swagger is not a must it s a liability a clich a bad suit cut the bullshit you know if it wasn t for this there would be no that which we call the american gangster