My word, shit is serious out here
We say it flippantly with no regard
For its' f*cked up history it so bizarre
What does it mean
When we speak
Demeaning friends just enemies
We say it to agitate or relate
Things gotta change
I've said to spite a few
I feel ashamed
A title reclaimed
While our culture"s defamed
Segregation, lynching, MLK
Emmit Till and every black person still slayed
Remainding me there got to be a better way
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
It is a hindrance
That made us compliant
Society has failed when children say it
Blatant
Black plight is trendy
Other races adopt the hatred
A worthless US export
Pop culture made it famous
Some idols degrade humans just for fame
Profits to gain
Why do we look up to them for Lord? negativity endorsed
Everything's a choice
Be more positive, uplift, let live
Watch the mentality shift
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
We say it habitually
I guess we're scarred
By a racial slur we made ours
Decades ago to this century
Plagued by misery, slavery
It's the cost of being free
F*ck that vocabulary
Being colored born
Oppressed to the core
Every era in our nation
Minorities face provocation and deflation
Affluence is insignificant
When death and dissrepect is all we get
Wise up and end the con
Erase nigga from the lexicon and
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
N.i.g.g.e.r
N.i.g.g.a
I'm tired of being call that each and everyday
N.i.g.g.e.r
N.i.g.g.a
Please stop calling me that each and every day
I'm a person
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English
My word, shit is serious out here
We say it flippantly with no regard
For its' f*cked up history it so bizarre
What does it mean
When we speak
Demeaning friends just enemies
We say it to agitate or relate
Things gotta change
I've said to spite a few
I feel ashamed
A title reclaimed
While our culture"s defamed
Segregation, lynching, MLK
Emmit Till and every black person still slayed
Remainding me there got to be a better way
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
It is a hindrance
That made us compliant
Society has failed when children say it
Blatant
Black plight is trendy
Other races adopt the hatred
A worthless US export
Pop culture made it famous
Some idols degrade humans just for fame
Profits to gain
Why do we look up to them for Lord? negativity endorsed
Everything's a choice
Be more positive, uplift, let live
Watch the mentality shift
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
We say it habitually
I guess we're scarred
By a racial slur we made ours
Decades ago to this century
Plagued by misery, slavery
It's the cost of being free
F*ck that vocabulary
Being colored born
Oppressed to the core
Every era in our nation
Minorities face provocation and deflation
Affluence is insignificant
When death and dissrepect is all we get
Wise up and end the con
Erase nigga from the lexicon and
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
N.i.g.g.e.r
N.i.g.g.a
I'm tired of being call that each and everyday
N.i.g.g.e.r
N.i.g.g.a
Please stop calling me that each and every day
I'm a person
We say it flippantly with no regard
For its' f*cked up history it so bizarre
What does it mean
When we speak
Demeaning friends just enemies
We say it to agitate or relate
Things gotta change
I've said to spite a few
I feel ashamed
A title reclaimed
While our culture"s defamed
Segregation, lynching, MLK
Emmit Till and every black person still slayed
Remainding me there got to be a better way
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
It is a hindrance
That made us compliant
Society has failed when children say it
Blatant
Black plight is trendy
Other races adopt the hatred
A worthless US export
Pop culture made it famous
Some idols degrade humans just for fame
Profits to gain
Why do we look up to them for Lord? negativity endorsed
Everything's a choice
Be more positive, uplift, let live
Watch the mentality shift
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
We say it habitually
I guess we're scarred
By a racial slur we made ours
Decades ago to this century
Plagued by misery, slavery
It's the cost of being free
F*ck that vocabulary
Being colored born
Oppressed to the core
Every era in our nation
Minorities face provocation and deflation
Affluence is insignificant
When death and dissrepect is all we get
Wise up and end the con
Erase nigga from the lexicon and
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
Overcome
Hate speech mistook for pride
Overcome
Attitudes that bring about our demise
Overcome
Slave owner rhetoric lies
Truth is
Being negro means excellence personified
N.i.g.g.e.r
N.i.g.g.a
I'm tired of being call that each and everyday
N.i.g.g.e.r
N.i.g.g.a
Please stop calling me that each and every day
I'm a person
Writer: TRISTAN ROBERT WEEKS
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