It's ya boy Chevy P,
I remember as a kid back, in the I got picked on, kicked at, on, spit at Get gone, get back, smoke, get away Havin' a dark pigmentation was hard then to make
Felt like God didn't take his with me He musta made me late night, tired and life wasn't easy, they dogged me Said that I was so the bet, I could sweat coffee
And peepee tea and spit oil Say ashy I lotion down in Armor All Made me like a loser really lame Because of my complexion, nobody include me in games
Not tag, never "It", nobody would touch me Nope no girlfriends 'cause thought I was ugly Through all the jokes and laughs pokes and stabs and jabs Hopin' sad, mad before the scabs nobody told me that
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The blacker the berry, the sweeter the I say, the the berry, the sweeter the juice I say, the the berry, the blacker the berry The blacker, the blacker, the blacker, the
I have Marvin Gaye to sing to me And make me like black was the thing to be Big Daddy Kane, I was so glad he came Made me feel good bein' black again 'cause
We was at the of the market Al B. made sure it was a problem to be dark Until Wesley him In with the darkies, out with the light
Now we got Tyrese and Tyson Mekhi Phife in movie ya likin' Blade he remind me of a day Panther While hides behind a mask like a Klansman
We have to achieve, killin' us Like it the second son of Adam and Eve Ya palm is white and spreaded fist still black and now five was cool but rather ya ball ya fist and give me pound 'cause
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Tiger say he ain't black, whatever They say Michael Jackson white, whatever And Venus and Serena beat mo' white girls O.J. and Rick James put together
Now Michael Vick's the new black Bet John Madden see it comin', saw a quarterback as a negro Jordan he can't hide it he look an African Tribal leader If you can lighten him you can brighten me up
Now don't get me wrong and I'm prejudiced to this song, I'm not racist As a matter of fact, shout out to Jamie and Chad My white from Lee County to Bladecliff
Just dark is it what's like bein' white in the audience At a black show I Was guaranteed to get on and joked out Now ugly duckling is a swan, I know now
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the F.B.I.