Boogie Down Productions - Homeless Lyrics
Yeah...You could call a man a bum with disgust on your morning runCause he lives outside in the street, you dont know thisBut youve failed to realise that the one you so despiseReflects yourself cos every black man is homelessYou could take your alka-seltzer while you talk about shelterYou might even wanna talk about a little loanCause no matter how rich you become youll always be two, not oneCause believe it or not, america aint your homeWeve been taught to say our name, afro-american, all the sameNot fully american but gettin there very slowlyCause to fully be american, you know, you gotta take out the word afroNow theyve relaxed I hear they might as well call us tobySee, afro and black are african, while theft is americanSo how can afro-american make much sense?Your ancestors come from africaBy stealing them now youre born in americaSo the black man is homeless even though he pays rentSome black people say we built this placeSo we are american, but of the black raceWell let me make this little topic knownThe japanese also built this placeIn technology and theyre winnin the raceBut at the end of the day the japanese can go homeDo you see the point that Im getting at?Im not a racist, Im statin a factBlacks are actually prisoners of warCause while south africa continues to fightWe try our best to look more and more whiteProof that the blacks have been stripped of their coreWell, I guess I didnt sing and dance enoughFor black radio to play this stuffBut this aint soft like ice-cream with a sugar coneIm only here to state one factWake up african, your colour is blackAnd every black man is homeless cause he aint got no home
