Bob - New Black Lyrics
Tell me what it meansTo be black, someone tell me what it meansWho I gotta vote for, who am I to beWhat car I gotta drive, where I gotta buy my jeans, black manIf you ain’t really hood, you can’t be a black manIs it cause I’m proper when I speak, black manShould I be a chain and gold teeth black manOr a Martin Luther King had a dream black man, a dream black manYou really gotta practice what you preach, black manHow you gonna talk about peace, black manWhen I got death threats on my screenI am not the enemy, black manSo who draws the first strawEverybody hurt, who caused the first scarCause as soon as you see niggas get to fightingYou be the first mother *****er wanna yell out World StarCan’t nobody else touch a niggaBut it’s cool for a brother just to bust a niggaGuns sold in every hood, he’ll slay a dozen niggasGon’ kill yourself, while you’re at it, take a couple with youAnd that don’t justify the cop shit, I’m just on some black mob shitThe best way to protest, hit ‘em where it hurts, their pocketsIt’s time to boycott shitWe need less rappers and more doctrinesWe need less ballers and more prophetsWe need more unity, less gossipBut who am I to speak, I never went to collegeI hate to be the bearer of bad newsBut all of this double standard thinking is tabooIf black hate is a myth, the term new black wouldn’t even existI pray for tomorrow, I pray for the sorrowI pray for the truth and I pray for ChicagoI pray for Detroit and I pray for OaklandI pray for Port Au Prince and I pray for New OrleansSomebody let me know, how can I be a better African AmericanLike I ain’t grow up being black in AmericaLike I ain’t grow up around crack, AIDS and heroinDamnThey don’t really know, black manThey don’t really know, ugh, they don’t reallyThey don’t really know, black man, black man, black manThey don’t really know, ugh, they don’t reallyThey don’t really know, black man, black man, black manThey don’t really know, ugh, they don’t reallyThey don’t really know, black man, black man, black manThey don’t really know, ugh, they don’t really know, ughSim simmer sim simmer, ughPour some liquor, for my niggas, ughBust a swisher, roll a cigarHitta another strip club, throw my incomeWell, I guess it’s all we knowHate is all we been taught, so that’s all we showJust a nigga from Decatur, white as all our doorsEven though the days of dark, still we all got hopeSo what’s the motiveWe don’t control shit, cause we don’t own shitEven in our own hoods, we ain’t votin’And not just for Obama, but locally voting, that’s powerRome wasn’t built in just an hourCan you hear me, do I need to speak louderChristopher Columbus ain’t the only one founderThey don’t mention niggas that was on the MayflowerWait a second, let it soak, mind blownBobby Ray from a different timezoneI dare to speak my mind, and I’m wrongWell shove it up your ass with a pineconeI’m tryna paint the bigger pictureYou looking for the enemy, then stare into the mirrorI said I’m trying to paint a bigger pictureYou looking for the answer, then look into the mirror, black manThey don’t really know, black manThey don’t really know, ugh, they don’t reallyThey don’t really know, black man, black man, black manThey don’t really know, ugh, they don’t reallyThey don’t really know, black man, black man, black manThey don’t really know, ugh, they don’t reallyThey don’t really know, black man, black man, black manThey don’t really know, ugh, they don’t really know, ughI’m not even against the whole movementLike I’m not even hating on itIt’s just, if we put that energy into ourselvesAnd into our communityAnd not so much into complaining about how we’ve been done wrongAnd, and we have been done wrong, but it’s likeWe gotta stop just saying the same thing and do something differentAll this energy that we’re putting into protestingWe should put it into our communityPut it into start up businesses, put it into your kidsPut it into your communityStart our own businessesSo we don’t have to support all these other businessesFeed the, *****, feed the homeless all yearDo this all year, don’t just stopDon’t just stop after this case is overDon’t just stop after this topic, keep it going
