It's a Black Thing

"Kick it to me" A black man with a dream, to be a dancer Served in Vietnam, came back with cancer Couldn't get a job in those daily pay Born a broke man and he died in L.A Is this the way it's supposed to be? Or is it just somethin' that your tellin' me? Makin' cash, havin' fun and that's how ya livin' Life every day is Thanksgivin' Chill for a minute and take a look Life is no secret as you open the book I mean bullets flyin', brothers dyin', mama's cryin' And I ain't lyin' "What's Goin' On" Marvin Gaye might say The game is real but no time to play Pick up the pace and keep on movin' And maybe in the future you can tell where you've been To each his own man, woman and child Don't talk too much you might be on file Tribe of tribulation, time goes on Who wants to know how the west was won? It's a black thing (It's a black thing) Just a black thing (Just a black thing) It's a black thing (It's a black thing) Just a black thing (Just a black thing) Brothers killin' when they should be chillin' Can't really say 'cause I don't know how to feel it Life's too short, and the sky's ain't sunny You're rich and unhappy, all your love, all your money Girls on the tip 'cause your simply havin' Every time you drop a dollar, you know they grabbin' Ask for they ass they'll give no reply Caught up in traffic you gotta do a guy Break it and take it because you're not about to fake it Your life's on the line and your body's shakin' Stuck like cement, 'cause you know you wouldn't like In front of the judge, gettin' tempted with life It ain't cool, but that's how it is Sittin' in the cell for 25 years Let's show the other that they ain't right Say "blacks won't make it" is a stereotype It's a black thing (Thing, yeah) It's just a black thing (Thing, yeah) It's a black thing (Thing, yeah) It's just a black thing (Thing, yeah) Just the other day I heard an old man say Somethin' about history that wasn't okay Talkin' 'bout slaves and how we used to be Somethin' Kool R. Jee refused to be Tell me 'bout somethin' that I can't handle Not about Nixon and the Watergate scandal Jabbin' phonies, watchin' the homies Stand up for yours and your on your own Time won't stop, prices won't drop That's the way it is weather you like it or not Fearin' Don, Dr. King and Malcom X Stood up for blacks, so tell me who's next Me bein' an MC seein' what I'm seein' Suckas can't handle and they cold start fleein' Sayin' to themselves that they just can't have it Goin' crazy, in a straight jacket It's a black thing (It's a black thing) Just a black thing (Just a black thing) It's a black thing (It's a black thing) Just a black thing (Just a black thing) I drive knowledge, but I never moved to college Albums in my path i smooth demolished What's up with that 'cause I'm not the rat My skin is brown, but my race is black They say we rob and steal They say we shoot and kill I'm sellin' records makin' dollars So get for real They try to front, because they don't know what time it is Black is beautiful, that's how fine it is Come on everybody, please pay attention Tryna play bail with no comprehension Here it goes, it shows, and flows, as the wind blows You say your down, everyone knows (It's a black thing, yeah) It's a black thing (Just a black thing, yeah) Just a black thing (It's a black thing, yeah) It's a black thing (Just a black thing, yeah) Just a black thing It's a black thing You catch my drift, do you? (It's a black thing, yeah) (Just a black thing, yeah) (It's a black thing, yeah) (Just a black thing, yeah)