They say Black is an attitude, it's how you act.
Um...No ...Black is a color as a matter of fact.
Well, you're not black enough
Or you're that other kind of black.
Well...in words that you can understand.
That is just whack.
No I don't rock braids, or wear a doo rag
I don't like basketball, and my pants don't sag.
My wife is my queen, and not my babies mama
Our home is a place of peace, because we don't do drama.
Our boys are my legacy that I would never abort.
And the state will never reprimand me for lack of child support.
I'm five generations removed from a slave
So society cannot tell me how to behave
I don't need reparations, don't speak ebonics
I'm not hooked on drugs and don't need hooked on phonics
I am an effectual intellectual
Who's manhood is more than just sexual.
Like a literary dictionary
If you can read me, you are extraordinary.
I know I'm different, and in this you can trust.
If you step to me, then respect is a must.
Like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King
My eye is on the prize, so think before you step in the ring.
I know my heritage, and where I come from
And i'll raise and replace the things that were undone.
So to my brothers out there who are 'bout it 'bout it.
Drop the lies and the false identity that has your mind clouded.
For you are Kings, scolars, and warriors true.
Be careful of the voice that you allow to define you.
Forget the TV, the athelete, or the Hip Hop song
Images of us that are just "Dead Wrong"
Remember all of those who died for your civil right
And know that you yourself are worthy of this fight.
To the rest - I hate to be forward, but you need to understand
That I am still black, and black is what I AM