Sho Baraka - I'm Black (A Word From Tom Ason) lyrics

I'm black because I'm the opposite of white (Naw, that's not it) I'm black because I was told I have a slave masters last name and I shouldn't eat swine because it's the white man's animal (That's not it either) I'm black because I like to wear jeans that let my underwear breathe and I desire a cuff so it falls right off my boots (Naw, naw, naw) I'm black because I'm baneful, dirty, filthy, disgusting, or at least that's what the Webster dictionary says (Hmm naw, naw, naw) I'm black because I abbreviate everything from timberland to timbles, polo, p-lo, style, stylo, down, d-lo in which someone had the nerve to label it Ebonics (Naw, naw, naw) I'm black because the only vacation my dad knows is on the weekends Hmm No I'm black because that's what you see Not who I be (Naw, naw, naw) If shallow egotistical comparisons were never made I wouldn't be black my brother next door wouldn't be white he'll just be a lighter version of me Or I a dark skinned version of him (Point taken) So it's a reality Propagated by society Setup not biblically to define you and me But embraced by Christianity Continuing on this insanity Distorted as this world's perception may be Who I am and what I am I thank God because... I'm black