Master P - Black & White Lyrics
Kid: hey dad I got in a fight with this white kid today at school.P: son, didnt I tell you I dont want you fighting?Kid: but he called me a nigger.[master p]Im just a black man trapped in this white world (x5)And this goes to every woman, man, boy, and girlIts a shame when you cant send your kids, to decent schoolsWe live in the world for the laws and no rulesGang-bangers, crease sides, and chalk linesCorrectional facilities full of juveniles doin petty crimesIn this ghetto, got me crazySometimes I wish, mama wouldnta made meBut its a shame when you gotta raise a babyAnd the color of my skin might taint meIm just a black man trapped in this white world (x3)And this goes to every woman, man, boy, and girlAnd all the money cant change the color of your skinWhy so many blacks and mexicans in the pen?It is cause we violent?But why abraham lincoln freed the slaves and started smilin?So many people have dreamsBut why society eliminated martin luther king?And they tell us to be proud to be blackAnd at the same time uncle john shoot us in the backIndependence, its a free countryNo jobs, most blacks turn to street moneyA bunch of ghetto full of drugs and alcoholWhere found history books about white lawsAnd tell me hilfiger discriminateAnd sell us clothesBut we cant blame him causeWe dont support the black storesAnd only God can judge? ? ? and whatsWhite or black and red and blue equals gang bangingIm just a black man trapped in this white world (x3)And this goes to every woman, man, boy, and girl(Im just a black manTrapped in this white world)Im colorblind, so lord wont you feel my pain(hold on, hold onTrapped in this white world)Im colorblind, so lord wont you feel my pain[silkk]P pray for your little brother[master p]Silkk, keep your head up[silkk]Im tryin but sometime I get fed up (damn)What about all of the people that died in the past?Peers I cant get back with too many found guiltyAnd I know they didnt do itBut still they cant get backI see the copper be tryin to nail mePolice constantly trailin meCause Im young, rich, and blackIm always under survelienceDash me out the carAnd wanna ask me who the car *****Thay allowed to carry gunsCant never be convictedWho that law *****?Im guilty till proven innocentStill we all equals, how do you figure?Cop told meYou werent speeding but Im gonna give you a ticket cause you aNiggerI seen the hardest of my homiesBreak down in tearsA white judge looked them in the eyesAnd gave them 35 yearsNow its a everyday struggleI hustle just to liveTo raise your kidsWhen they got them teachin themTheir parents better than themThey got me thinkinThe color of my skinIs a sinIm a black man in a white mans worldWhere its set up for me not to winLookit, aint that about a *****They look at us like we aint shitBut lookit, I aint racist, but face it, it existsIm a black man (unghhhhh)[master p]Im just a black man trapped in this white world (x3)And this goes to every woman, man, boy, and girlOutro:Check this out (check this out)Underneath (underneath)Aint no black or white (there aint no black or white)We all equal (we all equal)We all equal (we all equal)We all (remember that)Got the same opportunityWhether we wanna be judges, doctors, or lawyersAint a black or white thingPick the best man for the jobAnd there shouldnt be no hatinWhere you live, if you can afford to buy a houseShould be able to live wherever you wantThe same hospitality they give to athletesAnd movie starsShould give that same hospitality and companionshipTo your neighborsYou heard me?Yall know it aint a black and white thing with meI just make musicFor the realityOnly the real could feel this, huhOnly the real could feel this
