Mos Def, Q-Tip - Mr. Nigga(1999)

[00:02.72] Say ho, everybody say ho
[00:07.19] By the way yo
[00:09.67] I said take it slow like way back in the day-yo
[00:15.25] By the way yo, everybody say ho
[00:20.35] Everybody say hoo-hooo
[00:28.71] Everybody say ho
[00:30.95] And check it out now
[00:32.00] Who is the cat eating out on the town
[00:34.38] And make the whole dining room turn they head round
[00:37.06] Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[00:39.08] He got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on crunk
[00:42.24] Who be riding up in the highrise elevator
[00:45.08] Other tenants who be prayin' that he ain't the new neighbor
[00:47.82] Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[00:49.75] They try to play him like a chump 'cause he got what they want
[00:52.86] He under 30 years old but already he's a pro
[00:55.61] Designer trousers slung low 'cause his pockets stay swoll'
[00:58.45] Could afford to get up and be anywhere he go
[01:01.05] V.I.P. at the club, backstage at the show
[01:03.63] (Yes y'all) the best crib, the best clothes
[01:06.58] Hottest whips on the road neck and wrists on froze (say word)
[01:09.14] Checks with Os, o-o-o-o-ohs
[01:12.09] Straight all across the globe, watch got three time-zones
[01:14.32] Keep the digital phone up to his dome
[01:17.04] Two assistants, two bank accounts, two homes
[01:19.78] One problem; even with the Os on his check
[01:22.35] The po-po stop him and show no respect
[01:25.13] "Is there a problem officer?" Damn straight, it's called race
[01:27.73] That motivate the jake (woo-woo) to give chase
[01:30.58] Say they want you successful, but that ain't the case
[01:32.95] You living large, your skin is dark, they flash a light in your face
[01:35.85] Now, who is cat dining out on the town
[01:38.37] Maitre'd wanna take a whole year to sit him down
[01:40.92] Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[01:43.21] He got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on crunk
[01:46.21] Now, who is the cat at Armani buying wears
[01:49.04] With the tourists who be asking him, do you work here?
[01:51.76] Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[01:54.32] Nigga Nigga
[01:56.72] Yo, the Abstract with the Mighty Mos Def
[01:59.53] White folks gotta mumble the chorus beneath they breath
[02:02.21] (I didn't say it!)
[02:03.07] But they'll say it out loud again
[02:04.72] When they get with they close associates and friends
[02:07.33] You know, sneak it in with they friends at the job
[02:10.13] Happy hour at the bar, while this song is in they car
[02:12.88] And even if they've never said it, lips stay sealed
[02:15.55] They actions reveal how their hearts really feel
[02:18.20] Like, late night I'm on a first class flight
[02:20.54] The only brother in sight, the flight attendant catch fright
[02:24.09] I sit down in my seat, 2C
[02:26.07] She approach officially, talking about, "Excuse me"
[02:28.88] Her lips curl up into a tight space
[02:31.49] 'Cause she don't believe that I'm in the right place
[02:34.10] Showed her my boarding pass, and then she sort of gasped
[02:37.03] All embarrassed, put an extra lime on my water glass
[02:39.67] An hour later here she come by, walkin' past
[02:42.36] "I hate to be a pest but my son would love your autograph"
[02:45.46] (Wowwww... Mr. Nigga I love you, I have all your albums!)
[02:50.81] They stay on nigga patrol on American roads
[02:53.64] And when you travel abroad, they got world nigga law
[02:57.02] Some folks get on a plane, go where they please
[02:59.27] But I go over seas and I get over-seized
[03:02.41] London, Heathrow, me and my people
[03:04.45] They think that illegal's a synonym for negro
[03:06.98] Far away places, customs agents flagrant
[03:09.53] They think the dark faces smuggle weight in they cases
[03:12.29] Bags inspected, now we arrested
[03:14.65] Attention directed to contents of our intestines
[03:17.96] Urinalyis followed by X-rays
[03:19.91] Interrogated and detained 'til damn near the next day
[03:22.58] No evidence, no apology, and no regard
[03:25.67] Even for the big American rap star
[03:28.29] For us especially, us most especially
[03:31.01] A Mr. Nigga VIP jail cell, just for me
[03:33.60] (If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake)
[03:35.72] Just got some shoe-polish, painted my face
[03:38.69] They say they want you successful, but then they make it stressful
[03:41.46] You start keeping pace, they start changing up the tempo
[03:44.12] Now, who is cat riding out on the town
[03:46.53] State trooper wanna stop him in his ride, pat him down
[03:49.15] Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[03:51.80] He got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on crunk
[03:54.51] Now, who is the cat with the hundred dollar bill
[03:57.34] They gotta send it to the lab to make sure the shit is real
[04:00.00] Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[04:02.54] Nigga Nigga... Nigga
[04:05.52] You can laugh and criticize Michael Jackson if you wanna
[04:08.27] Woody Allen molested and married his step-daughter
[04:11.31] Same press kicking dirt on Michael's name
[04:13.73] Show Woody and Soon-Yi at the playoff game (holding hands)
[04:17.12] Sit back and just bug, think about that
[04:19.03] Would he get that type of dap if his name was Woody Black?
[04:21.81] O.J. found innocent by jury of his peers
[04:24.24] And they been fucking with that nigga for the last five years
[04:27.18] Is it fair, is it equal, is it just, is it right?
[04:29.70] Do you do the same shit when the defendant face is white?
[04:32.59] If white boys doing it, well, it's success
[04:35.29] When I start doing, well, it's suspect
[04:37.95] Don't hate me, my folks is poor, I just got money
[04:40.64] America's five centuries deep in cotton money
[04:42.99] You see a lot of brothers caked up, yo straight up
[04:45.64] It's new, y'all livin off of slave traders' paper
[04:48.52] But I'm a live though, yo I'm a live though
[04:51.49] I'm puttin up the big swing for my kids, yo
[04:54.25] Got my mom the fat water-front crib, yo
[04:56.82] I'm a get her them pretty bay windows
[04:59.52] I'm a cop a nice home to provide in
[05:01.94] A safe environment for seeds to reside in
[05:03.88] A fresh whip for my whole family to ride in
[05:06.64] And if I'm still Mr. Nigga, I won't find it suprisin'
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