Drop the funk on 'em
Who am I
What do U see
Am I the man
U asked me 2 be
Do a little
Shuckin 'n Jivin
With friends when I'm chillin
Do a little
Grindin 'n Slidin
If your body is willing
I'm a chameleion
Blend into all types of colors
But Dee's Nubian Attitude
Screams Strong Black Brotha
Brought culture from
Ethipoia to Islamibad
From Amazing Grace
To the Amazing Chase
On the Amistad
I'm Frederick Douglass
And Carter G.
W.E.B.
And Booker T
I'm Thurgood Marshall
And Adam Clayton Powell
Malcolm, Medgar and Martin
Please don't forget the vowel
EYE AM
The Evolution
2
A Revolution
From
Exclusion
2 an
Infusion
Of reality
No equality
Can't no European man be
Kool like me
Who am I
What did you expect
I'm talkin S--T
And cashin checks
I created Jazz
In New Orleans
You called me an Outkast
But I stayed So Fresh, So Clean
Take your statistics
Run them up a pole
Force you 2 salute
My soul in the hole
Always tryin
2 pimp my stroll
But when ya lady say she love me
Your bigotry is outta control
Chilled with Jesus
In Mesopotamia
Cracked the Liberty Bell
In Pennsylvania
Separate but Equal
You tried 2 represent
How does my Black A-S taste
Now I'm president
EYE AM
The Evolution
2
A Revolution
From
Exclusion
2 an
Infusion
Of reality
No Equality
Can't no European man be
Kool like me
I'm a Native Son
A Manchild in the Promised Land
I'm the Son of Ham
Not the Son of Uncle Sam
I gave you more
And received much less
Despite your B-LL S--T
I'm still the best
I walked with Jesus
Helped him carry the cross
In the human race
I won, you lost
I'm Robeson, Rollins, Robinson
And Redd
Rockafella, rap music,
2Pac, Scott LaRock, Biggie
God rest the dead
I'm a single father
Raising Mini Me
Sugar Ray and Muhammad Ali
Testifying before Congress
This is who I be
I'm Badd 2 the Bone
Never been cloned
My mamma san
Akebulan
Is my Native home
EYE AM
The Evolution
2
A Revolution
From exclusion
2 an
Infusion
Of reality
No equality
Can't no European man be
So kool
So BLACK LIKE ME
How ya like me now?!?
Haha...haha..haha..let it fade

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