Why Was I Born Black?

I didn’t choose to be born this way

How life starts we really have no say

You know we can’t help the way we look

So don’t judge me like a cover of a book

Just because I look this way don’t defy me by it

Yeah, I maybe african-american I will not deny it

On a job application I’ll put down “black” as a race

As a dark chocolate color has covered my whole face

When I look in the mirror that’s all I’m gonna see

I’m stuck this way so I’m just gonna let that be

It don’t feel good knowing your ancestors were slaves

And how they were severly beaten when they misbehaved

I’m gonna be like this forever so I’m making the best of it

Yeah I may not find it enjoyable and I may not even love it

But this was how I was created so all I can do is deal

But you know, how I look is way different from how I feel

You won’t see me living the ghetto

Or use the word ***** to describe my fellows

Doo-rags are okay but it’s because of my messy hair

Don’t say I’m a hoodlum even though I might not care

So what if I like jersies, that dosen’t mean I’m a ****

I’m not a typical black man, you won’t see me do drugs

Don’t need that **** to better myself

Proving myself I don’t need your help

The suburbs is the place that I wanna stay

I perfer to live like that, I don’t care what you say

I don’t want to be on the streets

‘Cause I’m not some homeless freak

You may not see me with a diamond chain

A crime-free life is what I want to maintain

Never will I sag my jeans all the way down to my knees

Unlike most folks, my boxers are not meant to be seen

I will not put shiny rims on my teeth

That’s not even close to being neat

You might see put on gangsta clothes

But not hear me go and call a girl a **

Or slap them on the backside making ***** calls

Won’t see me hitting up on them in the halls

Or whisper in their ear, begging them for ***

That’s really disturbing and incrediably sick

Really, how can a guy think or even be that way

Chasing after every girl they desperately crave

The city is where you usually roam

Many of you call the streets your home

Speaking in slang that I can’t actually understand

Don’t wanna be that way, that’s what’s who I am

Just because I’m part of your family dosen’t mean I wanna live like you

The streets are not my place to live so I don’t even wanna be in your shoes

I was not raised to jack people up

Don’t like how I am? too bad, tough!

I’m agaisnt gang violence and want no part in it

Never robbed and jacked someone, never done it

Coming from a black guy I know it sounds strange

But hey I’m not here to amuse, impress, or entertain

I’m just telling it like it is

It’s how I really want to live

I thank my parents for giving me a decent name

And not something obscene or anything strange

As many black names contains apostrophies

Which you know is something nobody really needs

I usually perfer proper language over ghetto slang

Knowing people talk that way is really a shame

I’m part of you but yet we speak different languages

Not all blacks speak that way, that’s the way it is

Don’t get me wrong, I really have love for all of y’all

But your behavior and actions is making me appalaud

Stealing and killing people from your own race

You think it’s funny but it’s really a big disgrace

After doing that, how can you look yourselves in the face?

Through the civil rights movement we all loved each other

Now all of you are there on the streets killing one another

For goodness sake, solve your problems through words

Not through guns, knives, or even through racial slurs

It’s really not worth all of this

All of this is making me sick

Making me ashamed to be a black man

****** in cold blood I cannot bare to stand

Okay so enough of this, so let’s move on

It’ll take me forever to describe what you did wrong

Lived a life in the suburbs so long I feel that I’ve become white

Sorry black folks but it’s really white females that I like

Been that since birth I really don’t know why

I like their eyes, their face, I really cannot lie

I’m respectful of girls of all races

Don’t take it the wrong ‘cause I like girls of all races

But I’m most likely interested in girls with white faces

I like seeing white girls go at it on MTV

Then see black chicks fight on BET

You can say hello to me and we can even be friends

But you as a lover of me I would not even recommend

A church where blacks shout out to lord is not where you’ll find me

It’s not my religion, not how I think of faith, not something I need

You may hear Biggie Smalls playing from my bedroom window

That don’t mean I’m ghetto I’m just trying to my life simple

I’ll cheer for Obama when he becomes president

But the streets will never ever be my residence

You may find me weird, you may think I’m obscene

But that’s the life I choose to live in, that’s just me

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