Potluck - My Life lyrics

I've got something to tell you
I believe you, I believe you
I've got something to tell you
I believe you really ought to know

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It started when my pops
Moved away from Africa
When to college in America
And met my mom in Canada interracial couple
No one would date 'em double
That's about the time my momma's
Stomach grew a bubble
I was still inside, I wasn't black
I wasn't white
But to the world I was still a nigga
Just a little light no time for ignorance
I just gotta live my life
Treat everybody with respect and hope that
They can get it right
'Cause when I was a youth
My parents moved to California
Said that I would understand it
More when I became older
The south was segregated
The East was way behind
It's not the color of your skin
But what's inside your mind
The motto that I kept in
Every house a nigga slept
On every block that I roamed
On every spot I called home
I went to Jr high with all
The Asians and the Blacks
Learned to give respect and expect
To get it back
Every time I meet a different race
I try to learn somethin'
In the Barrio, eat burritos like it's nothin'
Keep an open mind, got a lot left to do
Learned to surf from a nigga
Learned to rap from a Jew
Gotta spread knowledge every time
I'm on stage this is the book of life
Every day's another page
So when my time is up and I fall over dead
I hope I was successful like im
Gettin in your head -''''PILLZBARRY

(Think about it echoeing in background)

I've got something to tell you
I believe you, I believe you
I've got something to tell you
I believe you really ought to know

They wanna keep us divided so
That we're easy to control
Color this, color that
There ain't no color in my soul
I don't separate, nope
I definitely don't discriminate
Fuck David Koresh, and fuck the KKK
'Cause my parents were hippies
Teach me peace and love
Taught me all people were equal
Don't be mean to no one
So I took the information
And when I watched when I was young
I lot of kids in my
Classes acted racist and dumb
Only a handful of black kids
That went to my school
I overheard them being called the
N-word by the cool
And when my back's turned
I'm a money hungry Jew i didn't blame 'em
They just had an ignorant point of view
I'm lucky I got white friends, Puerto Ricans
And Indians
And do business on a mission with
A black dude and Mexican
No questions treat each other like a
Family is how we livin' so when I rap
Understand I wanna reach the children
We gotta open up our mind like Cheech & Chong
In a world full of Jimmy
The Greek's and Rush Limbaugh's
They're tellin' lies and they
Love to generalize
I believe don't believe in
Nothin' unless you've
Seen it with your own eyes

(Think about it echoeing in background)

I've got something to tell you
I believe you, I believe you
I've got something to tell you
I believe you really ought to know