Man By Choice

He's got the green timbs with the fat laces

Yo, yeah, checkin' 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

And then it like was on some Afro-American stuff

Afro-Canadian what have you, but guess what

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'

A yo, walkin' through the uptown, a black man

(Nigga)

A yo, walkin' down Yonge St., a black man

(Nigga)

A yo, 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 when I walk by

That's okay, this nigga will play the role and come again

And take back the Earth another day

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 life and a man by choice, nigga

A yo, walkin' through London, a black man

(Nigga)

A yo, walkin' through Rexdale, a black man

(Nigga)

A yo, 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

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 life and a man by choice, nigga

A yo, walkin' through Chinatown, a black man

(Nigga)

A yo, walkin' through the projects, a black man

(Nigga)

A yo, walkin' through Africa, a black man

(Nigga)

Some try to disrespect to make themselves 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

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 life and a man by choice, nigga

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 life and a man by choice, nigga

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 life and a man by choice, nigga

I'm a nigga