Kid: hey dad i got in a fight with this white kid today at school.
P: son didnand't i tell you i donand't want you fighting?
Kid: but he called me a nigger.
[master p]
Iand'm 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 canand't 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 doinand' petty crimes
In this ghetto, got me crazy
Sometimes i wish, mama wouldnand'ta made me
But its a shame when you gotta raise a baby
And the color of my skin might taint me
Iand'm just a black man trapped in this white world (x3)
And this goes to every woman, man, boy, and girl
And all the money canand't 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 smilinand'?
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, its 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 canand't blame him cause
We donand't support the black stores
And only god can judge
??? and whatand's
White or black and red and blue equals gang banging
Iand'm just a black man trapped in this white world (x3)
And this goes to every woman, man, boy, and girl
(iand'm just a black man
Trapped in this white world)
Iand'm colorblind, so lord wonand't you feel my pain
(hold on, hold on
Trapped in this white world)
Iand'm colorblind, so lord wonand't you feel my pain
[silkk]
P pray for your little brother
[master p]
Silkk, keep your head up
[silkk]
Iand'm tryinand' but sometime i get fed up (damn)
What about all of the people that died in the past?
Peers i canand't get back with too many found guilty
And i know they didnand't do it
But still they canand't get back
I see the copper be tryinand' to nail me
Police constantly trailinand' me
Cause iand'm young, rich, and black
Iand'm always under survelience
Dash me out the car
And wanna ask me who the car fuck
Thay allowed to carry guns
Canand't never be convicted
Who that law fuck?
Iand'm guilty till proven innocent
Still we all equals, how do you figure?
Cop told me
andquot;you werenand't speeding but iand'm gonna give you a ticket cause you a
Niggerandquot;
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 its a everyday struggle
I hustle just to live
To raise your kids
When they got them teachinand' them
Their parents better than them
They got me thinkinand'
The color of my skin
Is a sin
Iand'm a black man in a white manand's world
Where its set up for me not to win
Lookit, ainand't that about a bitch
They look at us like we ainand't shit
But lookit, i ainand't racist, but face it, it exists
Iand'm a black man (unghhhhh)
[master p]
Iand'm 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)
Ainand't no black or white (there ainand't 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
Ainand't a black or white thing
Pick the best man for the job
And there shouldnand't be no hatinand'
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?
Yand'all know it ainand't 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
