It's ya boy P, babe
I as a kid back, in the days I got on, kicked at, shit on, spit at Get gone, get back, smoke, get away Havin' a pigmentation was hard then to make friends
Felt God didn't take his time with me He musta made me night, tired and sleepy 'Cause wasn't easy, they dogged me Said that I was so dark the bet, I could coffee
And peepee sweet tea and oil Say when ashy I lotion down in All Made me like a loser really lame Because of my complexion, would include me in games
Not even tag, never "It", nobody touch me no girlfriends 'cause shawties thought I was ugly Through all the jokes and laughs pokes and stabs blows and Hopin' sad, mopin' mad before the scabs nobody me that
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I ain't have Marvin to sing to me And make me feel black was the thing to be Until Big Daddy Kane, I was so glad he Made me feel good about bein' black again
We was at the bottom of the Al B. made it was a problem to be dark skinned Wesley sniped him In with the darkies, out with the skinned
Now we got Tyrese Taye and Mekhi in every movie ya likin' he remind me of a modern day Panther While Batman behind a mask like a Klansman
We to achieve, 'Caine's killin' us it killed the second son of Adam and Eve Ya palm is white and spreaded fist still black and now Slappin' five was but rather ya ball ya fist and give me pound 'cause
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The the berry, the sweeter the juice I say, the blacker the berry, the sweeter the I say, the blacker the berry, the blacker the The blacker, the blacker, the blacker, the
Tiger Woods say he black, whatever They say Michael ain't white, whatever And Venus and Serena done beat mo' white Than O.J. and Rick put together
Now Michael Vick's the new black Bet John Madden ain't see it comin', saw a quarterback as a Jordan he can't hide it he like an African Tribal leader If you can lighten him you can brighten me up
Now get me wrong and think I'm prejudiced Listenin' to song, I'm not racist As a of fact, shout out to Jamie Lori and Chad My white friends from Lee to Bladecliff
Just bein' is it what's like bein' white in the audience At a comedy show I Was to get cracked on and joked out Now this ugly is a swan, I know now
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