Man By Choice
(专辑: Quest For Fire: Firestarter Vol. 1 - 2001)
[INTRO: Kardinal Offishall] He's got the
green timbs with the
fat laces, hahaha Yo, yeah, uh huh Checking in, nigga You say why I
call you nigga, think about it You went from what... From an African, straight to a
nigger, you know what I'm saying We traveling over to what, to what, Negro, and then we went to what Then we went to black Then it was on some Afro-American stuff Afro-Canadian what have you, but guess what It don't matter what you call yourself It's what they call you behind your back Nigga, straight up Straight up and down, you know what I'm sayin Y'all know [Kardinal Offishall] A
yo Walkin through the
uptown a
black man (nigga) Walkin down Yonge St. a
black man (nigga) Walkin through Flatbush a
black man (nigga) When the
revolution comes I
got a
finger on the
trigga I
was born a
regular man of the
Earth With a
curse to walk like a
soldier since birth My exterior is shaded in by my melanin Stereotype of my type is a
felon My people cause static cause automatically now a
days we fire automatics Grammatically adequate my people come equipped With enough lyrics to move battleships Blood brother ever since the
slave ships It doesn't matter who I
am when I
walk by They still see me as a
nigga whine I
walk by That's O.K. this nigga will play the
role and come again and take back the
Earth another day [CHORUS] I'm a
nigga baby, we some niggaz baby Some do walk, some do talk, some may buss their glocks But I'm a
nigga for lie and a
man by choice [Kardinal Offishall] Walkin through London a
balck man (nigga) Walkin through Rexdale a
black man (nigga) Strollin through Dectaur as a
black man (nigga) Yo, I
was born to emcee representin with the
Figurez I
can taste the
history livin in my bones For the
thickness I
got a
love jones I
like my girls with the
nappy dug out hips and chest buss out Lips real full, gettin ready to cuss out Parasuco gettin insulated by the
structure Body so powered that the
labels be stickin out in 3-D We salute the
ladies raped over time pushin out light babies The
slave masters with the
devil in their eye Saw nothin but a
nigga when you walked by But you the
mother of creation Let's bring back the
family aspect and try to build a
strong nation [CHORUS] [Kardinal Offishall] Walkin through Chinatown a
black man (nigga) Walkin through the
projects a
balck man (nigga) Strollin through Africa a
black man (nigga) Some try to disrespect to make themsleves look bigger I
am a
nigga since birth, a
man by choice Some men act niggerish pushin Rolls Royces Thinkin them toys make a
man While you johnin them hookers We tryin to make a
stand What you believe in? Chris Rock? Or crack rock? Soft rock? Or hard rock? When I
talk the
whole world rocks LIke the
vote, we can change thinkin Before you set a
float your whole concepts sinkin You know I
like to see you back that ass up But before you pass up, you should get your damn class up! Take the
hood out your mouth and parle! So we can take back the
world right now, today! [Vocal scratching] [CHORUS x3]