Is it because I¡¯m black?
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Somebody tell me what can I do
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Right here, right now I do declare
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That I¡¯m more than a gangsta man, pimp or a playa
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I swear I ain¡¯t never told on nobody
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It started in ¡¯82 at a hood house party
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Half dead, lil low and my nephew D
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Not knowin what we do but this is RTC
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Part spark, put in flags in Tucane Park
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I leave the house for school but I come back after dark
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Feel me?
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Is it because I¡¯m black?
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Somebody tell me what can I do
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Mo power, mo leadership
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Unifying bloods and crips
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I used to smoke a pack a day
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I used to have to pack a K
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Now I got brothers in suits
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In my faculte
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Pushin peace in the streets
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North, south, west and east
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Student up a game, yea it¡¯s time to make a change
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So I¡¯m following,
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No more swine swallowing
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Uncle just walk the walk like all righteous men
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Try my best to rewrite this plan
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A salam aleikum
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Aleikum, sir
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Yea, that¡¯s the plan
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Is it because I¡¯m black?
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Somebody tell me
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Is it because I¡¯m black?
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Somebody tell me
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Is it because I¡¯m black?
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Somebody tell me what can I do
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Yea I¡¯m down with Obama just to add a little drama
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And I¡¯m rollin with the nation
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But I¡¯ve been doing that
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Had a talk with my mama,
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Had to let her know that I¡¯mma make a change
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And she said baby go ahead and do that
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Ferakan is a prophet and I know he doesn¡¯t show it
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And he told me so I¡¯m teaching brothers how to be peace
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What¡¯s wrong? We too strong
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And if we don¡¯t get along
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They could never penetrate us
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All they do is motivate of haters
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Because I'm Black
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| Snoop Dogg |
