Tonalidad: G major
Verse 1
Am
Africans in America try to identify
Totally with their master in
every respect
They are the only ones who can not do it
But they are the ones who will go to all
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Am
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Am
extremes to do it
They can not be disguised
But they will attempt to disguise
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Am
Bm
themselves
Verse 2
Am
I'm on a search not for
a car or a miniskirt
Bm
But the words I wish to exert
Am
Bm
Will hurt, damage or up set the ego
Am
Bm
You want to be macho, yeah,
Am
but we know the deal
Bm
Jheri curls just ain't gettin' it
Am
Bm
KRS- One is only down for pickin' it
Am
Bm
Pick the afro, need no Soul Glo
Am
Or Carefree Curls, that's just a no- no
Bm
Where oh where, are all the real men
Am
Bm
The feminine look seems to be the trend
Am
Bm
You got eyeliner on, chillin' and maxin'
Am
Bm
Am
See you're a man with a spine extraction
Bm
So what I'm askin' is plain to see
Am
Are there any straight
Bm
Am
singers in R&B?
All I see, is the light- skinned buffy
Bm
Am
Tryin' hard, to be Mr. Tuffy
Yet in fact, you're Mr. Softie
With the beige contacts on,
yo you lost me
I ain't with it, never will, never have
How can your son even call you dad?
Bm
Your skin is bleached and your nails
Am
Bm
you just buffin'
Am
Take a look at yourself man, ya strugglin'
Bm
Africa is so
Verse 3
Bm
strong,
that once she puts a stamp on you
Am
Four hundred years of cold weather,
death,
And all that fryin' your hair shall
not disguise you
Bm
As a matter of fact, she is so strong
Am
That no matter what chem
Bm
icals you put in your hair
Am
She will come back and snatch it up
Bm
Verse 4
Bm
Are you proud man, of who you are?
Am
Bm
Or does your pride come out of a jar
Am
'Cause if you bought it,
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put it on, or sprayed it on
Am
I tell you right now,
Bm
it won't stay long
Am
'Cause if it ain't natural,
Bm
it ain't kosher
Am
Bm
It's like buyin' and wearin' a culture
Am
Bm
If that culture ain't yours naturally
Am
It's his, not yours, actually
You better wake up and smell the coffee
Bm
Look in the mirror and think Mr. Softie
Am
Bm
People change, when they are ashamed
Am
Of how they look or from which they came
Are you ashamed, of original black?
If you're not,
why does your hair look like that?
Why is your nose straighter, from surgery?
Bm
Am
I think you're really in a state
of emergency
You're not sane to the African aim
So you're insane,
and you need to obtain
Any, average rap album sculpture
And study it, just, to learn your culture
Even though, you don't
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think it's music
Am
It's the blackest you'll
Bm
ever get so use it
Am
The blue- eyed black man
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to me is buggin'
Am
Take a look at yourself man,
Verse 5
ya strugglin'
Am
Bm
Am
Bm
Am
Yes capitalism will confuse these people,
have them totally confused
Bm
Am
They will try every way to identify
with their masters, every way
Go to extreme lengths,
I'm telling you, seriously!
Capitalism will confuse them
why'know tell them the truth's a lie
I saw a sister the other day
and I spoke to her about her hair
She said, "I don't care what you say,
I'm still gonna get my perm!"
I told her, "It's not a perm,
it's a temporary"
Outro 1
Try in every possible way to identify
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