N.I.*.*.E.R. (The Slave and the Master)

They say we N-I-double-G-E-R

We are much more

Still, we choose to ignore the obvious

Man, this history don't acknowledge us

We was scholars long before colleges

They say we N-I-double-G-E-R

We are much more

But still, we choose to ignore the obvious

We are the slave and the master

What you looking for?

You the question and the answer

We trust no black leaders

Use the stove to heat us

Powdered eggs and government cheeses

The calendars were Martin, JFK, and Jesus

Gotta be fresh to go to school with fly sneakers

Schools with outdated books, we are the forgotten

Summers coolin' off by the fire hydrant

Yeah, I'm from the ghetto

Where the old black women talk about they sugar level

It's not unusual

To see photos of dead homies' funerals

Aluminum foil on TV antennas

Little TV sit on top the big TV, eatin' TV dinners

Girls dye they hair with kool-aid

They gave us lemons, we made lemonade

But this ****'s paid, ancestry of slaves

Descendant of kings, it's necessary, I bling

Put rims on everything, wear timbs on every scene

They say we N-I-double-G-E-R

We are much more

Still, we choose to ignore the obvious

Man, this history don't acknowledge us

We was scholars long before colleges

They say we N-I-double-G-E-R

We are, much more

But still, we choose to ignore the obvious

We are the slave and the master

What you looking for?

You the question and the answer

Do I mean it like a slave master, ****?

No, I'm gangster, gotta eat rappers

My abbreviation was young when I caught the cases

That should mean the court could see my changes

Take off the bracelets

Savage when broke, smoke sour diesel

Need no Bow Flex, my chest still cut up like a bag of dope

Thought patterns consist of boss matters

Spit Moses' lost commandments

Like a gross sandwich out my mouth

Toast to government cameras peepin' us every week

I must have my cars, homes, and phones sweeped for bugs

But this is what I was dreamin' of

Between cutting hard coke with new razors, slicing my fingers up

They used to string us up, we wanted everything

But the one bringing us cake be the snakes

Like the, like the new jack city wedding scene

No time for mistakes, tryna to get it like Medellin

They say we N-I-double-G-E-R

We are much more

Still, we choose to ignore the obvious

Man, this history don't acknowledge us

We was scholars long before colleges

They say we N-I-double-G-E-R

We are much more

But still, we choose to ignore the obvious

We are the slave and the master

What you looking for?

You the question and the answer

People afraid of criticism

But I always put myself in the sacrificial position

They been know I ain't just rappin' for fame

I got my old homie, half-sister, father, asking for change

Yep, I'd give this cash up, this paper don't matter

They seen me from skinny to fatter

When I rap about war, they got a tendency to scatter

They ain't my backup no more

So now my enemies are at my front door

'Cause anytime we mention our condition, our history

Or existence, they calling it reverse racism

Still, to this day, the street's torn

My brother Jung, I always have a seat for 'em

Not behind me, beside me

You'll always know where to find me

They say the close ones will hurt you

So let's keep a small circle

On the road to riches and diamond rings

In the land of the blind

The man with one eye is the king

They say we N-I-double-G-E-R

We are much more

Still, we choose to ignore the obvious

Man, this history don't acknowledge us

We was scholars long before colleges

They say we N-I-double-G-E-R

We are much more

But still, we choose to ignore the obvious

We are the slave and the master

What you looking for?

You the question and the answer