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Okay, letâs open up this can of worms
Whatâs a Caucasian from Canada doinâ rapping? Thatâs damn absurd!
Maybe we should rephrase the question
And switch up the races and see if it even changes the message
Itâs all stereotypes but hey, maybe youâre right
And maybe Asian people shouldnât play the bagpipes
And Scandinavians shouldnât Salsa dance
Foreign flavours should be banned from the South of France
Letâs keep the art forms and groups of humans separate
Whatâs up with all these Eastern Europeans Sumo wrestlinâ?
But at the risk of offering a simple solution
Letâs just skip the racial prejudice and stick to basic execution
âCause Caucasians accomplished at rappinâ
Isnât half as impressive as half the shit you never thought wouldâve happened
So can we please rock the mic now?
Or is it still an issue even with Barack in the White House?
Right
So if a black kid with a book isnât acting white
Then what's a white kid acting like every time he grabs the mic?
Iâll tell it the same to every person I meet
Hip-hop was birthed in the streets, but itâs just words and beat
Itâs a game we all get to play just like politics
Just like science, or like sports, or like arguments
And integration is breakinâ the racial barriers down
With innovations from different areas split to various styles
But only the South Bronx really invented the game
And then when the fame spread thatâs when the benefits came
But every CD sold was a seed beinâ sowed
From MCs speakinâ Creole to Swedes with the sweetest flows
And racial prejudice is just narrow hypocrisy
It has no place in a modern state of meritocracy
At least thatâs the belief by which we live our lives
Just keepinâ our minds open and the conversation civilized
- Album:
- Big Boy In Love
- The Canterbury Tales Remixed
- The Rap Guide to Evolution: Revised
- The Rap Guide to Business - EP
- The Rap Guide to Human Nature
- Rapconteur
- Apocalyptic Utopian Dreams In the Western Wilderness
- The Rap Guide to Evolution
- The Rap Canterbury Tales
- Lit Hop
- Swordplay
- The Rap Guide to Religion
- The Rap Guide to Medicine