People wake up every mornin' to be judged by their skin.
I say it's not about their color but who they are within.
Are they kind, helpful and real with you?
Do they got a big heart and big smile too?
Color don't define a personality
But that stuff still happens in reality
There's crackers, negros and beaners too
But why say that? What'd they do to you?
We all got names, we all got lives and we can all be strugglin' to survive
It doesn't matter your income, if you're rich or you're poor
Every single race should walk through the door
It's called diversity.
And personally?
I'm sick of stereotypes 'cause they keep hurtin' me
"Whites can't rap.", "Blacks end in jail", and "Mexicans are landscapers who are always there".
Not everyone always applies to the saints
'Cause I'm a mixed baby and I'm here and layin'
Down the facts
And down the truth
And I'm not leavin' room for you to argue.
I'm speakin' my mind like I was taught to do
By my Mama, my teachers and God too
We all belong
But life isn't fair
'Cause black to be every day without a care
Not many thoughts are meant just to sit in your mind
But leaving them in there ain't one of mine
I just think it's whack because my skin ain't black
I ain't considered that and can't speak of it.
But I'm opening a window and flying 'em through
To a land of diversity, a land bright and new.
"Follow your heart" I was always told,
So I'm now makin' a choice that's real real bold.
To speak the truth and to recognize
That some of the stuff that's happenin' just ain't right.
So follow me if you agree with me,
'Cause like Doc King, I have a dream
I've got the freedom of speech, the freedom of expression
The most important laws are are always hella??
They have the knowledge you seek, but they won't let me speak
'Cause if you take a knee you bow down to these.
Everything around us is held at oppression
Electronics just happens to be the nations obsession
Try to take advantage of our heads and our phones
Blinding us I'm seeing our world going rogue
Discrimination, a word used so freely these days
Used to classify a race or sexuality
Now used as a joke or for the wrong things
Are our rights not serious Is our freedom not real
Racial sources on our vocab don't help us learn
Well that doesn't make us ignorant, crash and burn
But maybe we, the people, can take a turn
We can stand together and express our concern
1954 to 1968,
Civil rights movement that ruled against segregation
I just don't understand the point in discrimination
In the words of M. J., a singer and a scholar,
"I'm not gonna spend my life being of color"
'Cause Civil rights moving made my life exist
Because Doc King Junior was a parts resistance
Made races come together how it is today
One problem: Some people's rights still cease to be
And worse: I can't do nothin' about it
But sing this song and work around it
But speak the truth and recognize
That some of the stuff that's happenin' just ain't right.
So follow me if you agree with me,
'Cause like Doc King I have a dream
Yo hang on, that's police
Our world doesn't have to be dismal.
And nobody should have to live fearful.
We need to have love for our people.
Diversity.