Yo I don't even know the vibe is kid All different things seperatin us It got me this fence man and I don't even know what I'ma fall on B see it
Well I'm a y'all ("Half Puerto Rican, half black, but you don't Spanish") Don't call me y'all ("Half Puerto Rican, black...")
Now how old are
About six, on my BMX, tricks Back to Middlesex with a couple of white trashy brats Everything was coochie crunch till it was time for They said to wait in the back, they said that Pops like black See I was the population's mostly white it? They wanna see you jiggaboo your painted Be brought home by one of their and their fathers They to see you a failure so I never it Light-skinned, showed lead, curly-headed me names, I was different, I was gifted, they made me ashamed Found out that I'm a different when I'm in the second grade Abe Lincoln's play, they want me to portray a My momma's face went pale she looked she wanted to puke Now that I know the truth I'd play John Wilkes Booth Although my family came and bitched and in the play my role was My grandma told me I was fixed my problems wasn't My seen my views of the world distort Moms last resort, she decided we would move to I took a deep leaving everything I knew behind The air the green grass and my piece of mind Harassed by cops on our way we're pulled out our car Mistook my mom for Joanne now I'm really scarred
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What am I, I'm confused, decide What am I who am I am I Black or white, I can't am I who am I what am I I'm confused, decide What am I who am I am I Black or white, I can't am I who am I what am I
Culture shock, Newark's a far cry Middlesex called projects, black eyes, regrets Torn lives, I've never seen so many depressed My gets molested, physical takes violent threats Stress, walkin home school's like a terrorist test I learned blacks be racist too, somehow still I felt I was blessed Even my teachers called me half-breeds and all of I was scared of livin here but also of movin back See where I was before I was the thing they ever saw They figured that I'm black, white kick me like a soccer ball White didn't accept me you Black people accept me you Puerto Ricans didn't me you Diggin researchin my identity it me goin cuckoo
"I'm the yellow nigga I'm of that. I am not passing, I am black! I was black, I live black, and I will die, to be called black!"
So now I'm "Hey niggaz" at niggaz that say Chino's not black They come to my house and tell my mother that In causin crackup they said no sister would attract to me These same brothers got perms to get their hair like was naturally Descrimination, affects a education Hands up in black history class, never called on my ass But wait, at a rapid rate I digest hate, it's family Found out my left me when I'm three Dealt with felt if I knew my Spanish family help mixed person I met they mostly just kept to themself We moved to East Orange I set it off talent shows A high yellow nigga's progression, my flavor's
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Now how old are
About lettin off my steam to be a punchin bag, but now I stomps, in hip-hop fiend Now I get the goya jokes, Menudo jokes, Suave jokes But females rush me and the steal up all my quotes See what I in melanin I makes up wit adrenalin Your weak at blemishin my mixed heritage I'm treasurin Don't need caucausian acceptance just that of a being Laughed and at I don't represent cause I am not Spanish speaking Now how many dues I pay to win You're and you're stressin that opression but you judge me by the skin I'm in Adam Clayton Powell's, and Farrakhan the brother's, and Elijah Muhammad's also, Discrimination from my own is making my temper go thin so So stop playing me slight saying my song's instead of hype called me red-boned, or light and bright and damn they're white I ain't no zebra, no half of original either Don't call me mulatto I stab you with a bottle Callin your oreo get off it yo, now Tom consider He could be Chino XL, a yellow ass nigga
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