[00:00.30]Producers:James Fauntleroy/BillSzymczyk
[00:00.30]Writers:James Fauntleroy/Frank Ocean
[00:00.30]Sample:Hotel California(1976)—Eagles
[00:21.612]American love
[00:24.986]American me, American you
[00:32.781]American tear
[00:36.163]American heartbreak
[00:39.406]Oh, oh, oh
[00:53.960]I took a walk with the palm trees as the daylight fell
[01:00.272]Sangria in a canteen, talking to myself (I can't remember)
[01:06.766]This tattoo on my left hand,is turning purple-ish blue
[01:13.386]Daydreams of the romance
[01:16.844]Daydreams of you
[01:19.837]My pretty woman in a ballgown
[01:22.945]I'm Richard Gere in a tux
[01:26.167]Getting married in a courthouse
[01:29.446]Writing vows in a rush
[01:32.699]Making out before the judge with my teenage wife
[01:39.206]Got a wedding band done
[01:42.433]That I just might die with
[01:45.712]It's an American wedding
[01:51.620]They don't mean too much
[01:54.547]But we were so in love
[01:58.131]We had an American wedding
[02:04.354]Now what's mine is yours, that's American law
[02:11.656]M-R-S dot Kennedy, she signed her name in pen
[02:18.164]In a fancy, fancy cursive, then turned her term papers in
[02:24.686]A thesis on Islamic virgin brides and arranged marriage
[02:31.225]Hijabs and polygamist husbands
[02:34.205]Those poor un-American girls
[02:37.617]After school she ran to me
[02:40.766]Jumped in my 5.0
[02:43.337]This is the home of the brave, land of the free
[02:46.382]But your parents still didn't know
[02:49.752]She said, "I've had a hell of a summer
[02:53.017]So, baby, don't take this hard “
[02:56.543]But maybe we should get an annulment “
[02:59.659]Before this goes way too far"
[03:03.612]It's just an American wedding
[03:09.372]They don't mean too much
[03:12.558]They don't last enough
[03:16.110]We had an American wedding
[03:19.847]Now what's mine is yours
[03:25.599]American divorce
[03:30.040]Well, you can have my Mustang
[03:32.812]That's all I've got in my name
[03:35.952]But Jesus Christ, don't break my heart
[03:39.195]This wedding ring won't ever wipe off
[03:41.933]But if you stay, oh, if you stay
[03:48.872]You'll probably leave later anyway
[03:52.151]It's love made in the USA
[03:55.917](Guitar Solo)
[06:12.613]Don't let 'em front you to saying you can't move
[06:14.935]Without 'em, **** 'em, I tell 'em this ain't new
[06:17.636]We been some hustlers since it began, dude
[06:20.238]Ain't gon' be tripping over some bitch-ass, dude
[06:22.906]They so vain, I tell 'em this ain't you
[06:25.426]You can get sensitive but the shit ain't true
[06:28.067]These niggas can't do nothing that I can't do
[06:30.707]That she can't do, that he can't do
[06:33.182]That you can't do, that we can't do
[06:35.659]Man, I had a dream and then the shit came true
[06:38.525]And nigga, if I did it, I think you can too
[06:41.260]These niggas can't do nothing that I can't do
[06:43.817]That she can't do, that he can't do
[06:46.309]That you can't do, that we can't do
[06:49.089]Man, I had a dream and then the shit came true
[06:51.767]These niggas can't do nothing that I can't do
[06:54.119]That she can't do, that he can't do, that you can't do