Coup - I Ain't The Nigga Lyrics
(big bird)Now I shall tell a story thats filled with wordsThat start with the letter n(dj pam cuts up fly lyrics from the bank of reality --> flavor flav)[boots]Step into the world of a nigger, figureTo stay a little while so pack your bag up biggerFirst of all just let me introduce you seduce youInto a frame of mind thats easy to get used toNigger hasnt always meant a man with melaninIt used to be a piece of wood that sat on the cotton ginMasta put it there and it wouldnt move, smoothSo what does it mean, to be a nigger with an attitude?You tell me that a niggers crazy or lazyNot about the skin so, dont let it faze meWell you amaze me, with that ignorant bizull-shizzitGet a grip on the new fitCause thats a lame frame of brain for the ninetiesI know the game so it dont sting, my mind seesSo what the ***** you wanna race for the triggerI aint the one, I aint the niggaIf Im a slave, Im a slave to the rhythm --> big daddy kaneYou know that I aint the nigga --> ice cube(repeat 4x)(dj pam cuts up niggers, love everything but themselves --> last poets)[e-roc]Nigger is a word we use today, you sayIt dont mean the same if you spell it with an aBut thats an argument that makes me itch, I twitchIf I took the t out will I still mean *****?My name is e-roc, and I aint the nigger mainSave your sellout strut shit for soul trainCause Ive been known, to knock a mother*****er outWithout a doubt, the coup gives me much cloutBut theres a factor when I know that my skin is brownAnd never ever will I put another brother down (gawwwd damn)So I make the mental rule to massacre the wordCause when I hear it, it gets, me straight stirredIts mental trash so Im pickin up the litterI aint the one and I aint, the niggerMy people use this word each and every dayYou see a nigger, slap a nigger, thats what I sayIf Im a slave, Im a slave to the rhythm --> big daddy kaneYou know that I aint the nigga --> ice cube(repeat 4x)(dj pam cuts up niggers, love everything but themselves --> last poets)Boy I love playing the drums, I can do the grooviest rhythmsI can do rhythms like..[boots]My attitude is this (what? ) dont call yourself a niggerole (why? )Unless youre just an oakie-doke itll make you sicker thoughCause its all about a mind-time mind-frameThe system is a chess game with, pawns all the same (haa haa)Until we change our mind to ?Identify yourself, its a part of being concious (yeah)If I call myself a gangster then Ill rob you with a gat (yeah)If I call myself a brother then you know I got your back (yeah)If I call myself oppressed then Im clear on where Im atBut if I call myself a nigger what the ***** is that? (yeah, you know)Dont be the coolie or the moolie or a ***** with the jiggerDont be the one... dont be the niggaIf Im a slave, Im a slave to the rhythm --> big daddy kaneYou know that I aint the nigga --> ice cube(repeat 4x)
