means to be african

when i first wore a brand name and rapped about a struggle

with my jacket on and watches noticed my money stacked up watched it bubble/

they said what you get that hustling did you forget your muslim african lighter skin /

they said you half white you act black with disgust on their face who you lookin at/

speak the language you hang with us and think you'll make it this is more than you think/

melanin isn't important if we count the score it goes far back more than/

a couple knocked up mamas, suffering from trauma, i'll tell you what it means to be a minority/

it means you can speak slang rap slang or smoke raise the decibel/

or everyone bust out their shell, allway down to principal always defensive as hell/

it means you sweat voluntary motions cautionary sign over yo head inhale/

they never know you're motives with your homies as your goalies whats to be said/

juvenile in juvenile detention your relative need you to inter-vent

you pretend never mentioned never happened its just rappin *3

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if you say howdy they say hey, i think they made a huge mistake/

i see these Hispanic cartels, associated with drug deals and big wheels

learn to dig deep like el chapo except with wells/

and Italian gangsters Capone and Scarface Jewish bankers in the ghettos/

women in stilettos out on curb late later naked settle for a good deal/

in order to be a good wife you give up and submit and/

call media misogynistic and move in opposite direction/

creatures of habit no habitat protection/

to conserve our tradition the temples victim to pimpin/

begging for cents preaching prosperity to good to be true an excuse

a disparity to be forgiven without repentance thats christian/

if there is a will there's a way im not a brick as in wall im a rock to stand on

not a wall to divide /

dont call me a leader i do not wanna die its not my fault /

im in this life for a life sentence until the ink line run dry/