Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Socio-Genetic Experiment lyrics

[Hook] Sometimes I feel like a socio-genetic experiment A petri-dish community's token of infection I feel like a socio-genetic experiment A petri-dish community's token of infection [Verse 1: Michael Franti] You see I'm African Native American Irish and German I was adopted by parents who loved me They were the same color As the kids who called me n***a On the walk home from school I cried until I found out what it meant Then I got me some equipment My fists, man I was a hit man with no friends But who the hell am I cursing those whose skin Is half my DNA Why am I And why shouldn't I Be ashamed of this fact After all the feces they dumped on me And my species [Hook] [Verse 2: Michael Franti] Those filthy mother... Shut 'cho mouth There I go again with those high and mighty speeches When they are in fact part of my species Or is it the other way around Did I piss in their gene pool If I did it wouldn't matter They kept me in the deep end 'Cause the slightest dilution In their solution Was perceived as pollution [Hook] [Verse 3: Michael Franti] I am not solely race, nor environment, nor destiny I am the human scientific process Over and over and over again The dirt that I shovel to uncover the truth Often buries something else growing Acceptance of my own Weakness and my own intolerance Is seldom But that is in fact my identity Uncluttered by the maskings of consumer addiction Ethnocentricity In the light of miscegenation This fable of elements Which cla**ify order, species, subspecies Genus, phyla Animal, vegetable, illegal, chemical Socialist, Democrat, Republican Yuppy, buppy, guppy Proud, racist Black, white, African, Native American, Irish, and German [Hook] [x2] And I'm proud