Kid: hey dad I got in a fight with this white kid today at school.
P: son, didnât I tell you I donât want you fighting?
Kid: but he called me a nigger.
[master p]
Iâm just a black man trapped in this white world (x5)
And this goes to every woman, man, boy, and girl
Its a shame when you canât send your kids, to decent schools
We live in the world for the laws and no rules
Gang-bangers, crease sides, and chalk lines
Correctional facilities full of juveniles doinâ petty crimes
In this ghetto, got me crazy
Sometimes I wish, mama wouldnâta made me
But itâs a shame when you gotta raise a baby
And the color of my skin might taint me
Iâm just a black man trapped in this white world (x3)
And this goes to every woman, man, boy, and girl
And all the money canât change the color of your skin
Why so many blacks and mexicans in the pen?
It is cause we violent?
But why abraham lincoln freed the slaves and started smilinâ?
So many people have dreams
But why society eliminated martin luther king?
And they tell us to be proud to be black
And at the same time uncle john shoot us in the back
Independence, itâs a free country
No jobs, most blacks turn to street money
A bunch of ghetto full of drugs and alcohol
Where found history books about white laws
And tell me hilfiger discriminate
And sell us clothes
But we canât blame him cause
We donât support the black stores
And only God can judge
? ? ? and whatâs
White or black and red and blue equals gang banging
Iâm just a black man trapped in this white world (x3)
And this goes to every woman, man, boy, and girl
(Iâm just a black man
Trapped in this white world)
Iâm colorblind, so lord wonât you feel my pain
(hold on, hold on
Trapped in this white world)
Iâm colorblind, so lord wonât you feel my pain
[silkk]
P pray for your little brother
[master p]
Silkk, keep your head up
[silkk]
Iâm tryinâ but sometime I get fed up (damn)
What about all of the people that died in the past?
Peers I canât get back with too many found guilty
And I know they didnât do it
But still they canât get back
I see the copper be tryinâ to nail me
Police constantly trailinâ me
Cause Iâm young, rich, and black
Iâm always under survelience
Dash me out the car
And wanna ask me who the car fuck
Thay allowed to carry guns
Canât never be convicted
Who that law fuck?
Iâm guilty till proven innocent
Still we all equals, how do you figure?
Cop told me
"you werenât speeding but Iâm gonna give you a ticket cause you a
Nigger"
I seen the hardest of my homies
Break down in tears
A white judge looked them in the eyes
And gave them 35 years
Now itâs a everyday struggle
I hustle just to live
To raise your kids
When they got them teachinâ them
Their parents better than them
They got me thinkinâ
The color of my skin
Is a sin
Iâm a black man in a white manâs world
Where itâs set up for me not to win
Lookit, ainât that about a bitch
They look at us like we ainât shit
But lookit, I ainât racist, but face it, it exists
Iâm a black man (unghhhhh)
[master p]
Iâm just a black man trapped in this white world (x3)
And this goes to every woman, man, boy, and girl
Outro:
Check this out (check this out)
Underneath (underneath)
Ainât no black or white (there ainât no black or white)
We all equal (we all equal)
We all equal (we all equal)
We all (remember that)
Got the same opportunity
Whether we wanna be judges, doctors, or lawyers
Ainât a black or white thing
Pick the best man for the job
And there shouldnât be no hatinâ
Where you live, if you can afford to buy a house
Should be able to live wherever you want
The same hospitality they give to athletes
And movie stars
Should give that same hospitality and companionship
To your neighbors
You heard me?
Yâall know it ainât a black and white thing with me
I just make music
For the reality
Only the real could feel this, huh
Only the real could feel this