Sho Baraka - I'm Black (A Word From Tom Ason) [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

I'm black because I'm the opposite of white
[Naw, that's not it]
I'm black because I was told I have a slave masters last name and I shouldn't eat swine because it's the white mans animal
That's not it either
I'm black because I wear jeans that let my underwear breathe and I desire a cuff that falls right off my boots
[naw, naw, naw]
I'm black because I'm baneful, dirty, filthy, disgusting, or at least that's what Webster's dictionary says
[Hmmm naw, naw, naw]

I'm black because I abbreviate everything from timberland, timbles, polo, p-lo, style, stylo, down, d-lo in which someone had the nerve to label it Ebonics
[Naw, naw, naw]
I'm black because the only vacation my dad knows is on the weekends
Hmmm

No I'm black because that's what you see
Not, who, I, be
[Naw, naw, naw]
If shallow egotistical comparisons where never made
I wouldn't be black my brother next door wouldn't be white he'll just be a lighter version of me
Or I a dark skinned version of him

[Point taken]

So it's a reality
Propagated by society
Setup not biblically to define you and me
But Embraced by Christianity
Continuing on this insanity
Distorted as this world's perception may be
Who I am and what I am thank God because...

I'm black