What it means

When I got into Uni, thought it was my intelligence

I just hunger for knowledge, the rest is irrelevent

but they never saw the curiosity and passion

they just thought I was a product of affirmative action

highschool caption "only black kid in the town"

"but he speaks so well so why his skin so brown?"

hey I pass it off just keep a smile on my face

rather laugh than be a stereotype of the race

Then I brace, for jokes on skin like onyx

they dismiss the culture but hooked on ebonics

Lye body bags would keep on runnin' they mouth

fly confederate flags but never been to the south

White dads not happy bout daughters with "the other"

wanna lash out but had to protect my little brother

from the prejudice that comes with a skin like mocha

let him know his achievements aren't because they filled a quota

you can like grape soda, and know that you have it all

even if you gotta explain that you don't play basketball

and at the mall watch lurkin' shopkeepers and cops

they can think what they want, but it don't mean that you stop

Tryna break out the box that you've been given

cause this is our life, and we gon' keep on livin'