XV - Doo Rag lyrics

Yeah, J Dilla

You see this doo rag?
It represents everything I do bad

It represents the gang member shot up
On the front page news ad (damn)
It's too bad he wore a doo rag
So now when I wanna get my waves
People ask me if I'm in some gang
No I don't hustle
Maybe you would understand my struggle if I
Wore a noose instead of this chain
It's sad that I can't just be me
Without you stereotyping me like an MP3
I don't care if you are Kunta
Or Martin Luther King or even BET
You can't get me free
So with this simple piece of black cloth
Laying down my hair like grease, I'm mad lost
(I don't get it)
How did this become a symbol of a black
Man out to do another man harm

You see this doo rag?
It represents everything I do bad
It's real talk

This black woman told me take off my rag
Cause, I look like a hood
Well that's too bad
Cause that's too simple for me
How the hell you justify a black
Cloth as a symbol of me
Your snake belly comments are that low
The same thing was said when
The Black Panthers rocked afros
If it's a black thing or a hood thing
It's not viewed as a good
Thing and that's known

You see this doo rag?
It represents everything we do bad

Yeah j-Dilla rest in Peace remember
Forever thanks for the Donuts