Black Thought

Steak Um
Don't forget who I am, don't forget what I am I am a black dude And don't ever forget how I got here My ancestors were kidnapped I don't even know where the fuck I'm from They were put on the bottom of boats They sailed them across the Atlantic Many of them died, only the strongest survived And once they got here, they beat the humanity out of my people They turned us into beasts of burdеns They made us do their work, and thе irony is Hundreds of years later they're calling us lazy We fought in the Civil War, we damn near freed ourselves Now here we all are, 400-year nightmare Took us 400 years to figure out as a people That white people's weakness the whole time Was kneeling during the national anthem.​ Hahahaha, heh, heh, heh, aw shit Yo, give my regards to Paris I make 'em go bananas for the noble savage Steak 'em, let 'em have it, allow me to establish The tone from a holdin' pattern above Saturn Listen, they told me I was bound to lose I had the crown to prove and fucked around and found the tools Coulda failed, but I'm more compelled, I torched the trails SongtexteOf an Orson Welles, rock jewels big as oyster shells To go from showman to shaman is not common What's a goon to a goblin? What's a goblin to Amen Ra When the God's been a problem? Now get your fuckin' shine box Before I put your party in a pine box Remember we was broke as a promise Let's be honest, them hard times scattered behind us Yachting through the Bahamas, 'bout to play St. Thomas Cabernet Sauvignon with Fabergé egg omelets Uh, slide down Nigga gon' slide down Fig' like I parked the crooked 'cause the Sig pokin', ayy Eye for an eye, gon' keep the tears rollin', yeah I'm Beethoven to the bass swollen, yeah Starin' in the mirror, I was God's bonus Yeah, I ain't ask for shit, I was chose for this Plot twist, one day if my gifts got the homies chillin' Grooviest, hood politics, the Crips scholarships Gang foul, equal noose now, it ain't the same 'round Aw yeah, this lifestyle we livin', ayy Niggas turn to base heads from picture, ayy And leaned into the crack, got out of business, huh Now blacks doin' coke, what's the difference now? Pigs turn my loc' to a witness now (Shit, fuck, fuck) The stakes raised, well done, salute, uh This young loc done popped out the blue, uh Die young, I keep peace to shoot We all knew this sixteen's the truth, yeah Blacked out and I find out the scoop, brrt, ayy, woo Aus Songtexte Mania