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They call me charcoal man the dark coal man
In 1619 I touched these sands
At the moment my bare feet touched these lands
I cried for the jungle where the hunt thieves glands
But now Im staring at the face of a musket
And behind it is a European with a look that cant be trusted
Speaking that chitter chatter and man Im missing Swahili
Plus the mountains where we used rocks to write graffiti
I hear athletes trying to compare the struggle
Like you ever worked free under the scope of a mussel
You got me rotating 360 in my grave
Like you can really fathom what it means to be a slave
Me, I cried, died and swallowed my pride for you
You you never had your freedom denied to you
You wouldve never known this ever happened if it werent for textbooks
And even those dont provide the best looks
My race invented racism and the meaning of victimized
Evidenced thoroughly forever by the whips and knives
Beneficiaries respect but dont equalize
Just a little glance or peek into my peoples eyes
Ok yall been through hell but I been hated since A.D.
Jesus stepped off the cross now they degrade me
We chose not to see him as gods messiah
Now we got centuries of being under the fire
Knock knock its the SS forcing me to undress
And stand in line for Mendel to administer tests
With the devil in his eyes giving me sinister stress
To see if Ill fold or break in a minute or less
You ever seen the Himalayas in the form of the dead
Nameless graves in a pool with no water to tread
Wishing we were a slave being told to behave
Id take that any day but still we had to be brave
From going about life to being a walking skeleton
With muscles so feeble often mistaken for gelatin
The allies came over and they opened the cage
And brought the prejudice to us in a whole new stage
They didnt want us in their land so they gave us more of the Mediterranean
And angered Arabians
We walk around fearing the attack of the suicidal back packs
Peace never to be found always on a back track
They call me rice man rice man and sometimes yellow man
Always assumed to be smarter than my fellow man
Gave me insecurities cause of my eye slopes
Someday itll be overlooked I got high hopes
From the ching to ling to chung to chong
Its straight wrong whether you spoke or sung a song
I know you heard the joke about the pots and pans
Wanna make a room laugh its got lots of fans
Welcome to the hidden world of racism against of my creed
Youll find its just as evil indeed
You ever heard of the Chinese exclusion act
We were banned from here not an illusion act
Passed in 1882 as a matter of fact
At least worthy to be here if your race was black
Did you know about the constant rise in anti-Asian hate crime
From street feet to knees to waste line
In California we build the shops
Got looted at the riots like they didnt have the will to stop
An American you still see me as a foreigner
Even if I served valiantly as grandpas coroner
They call me red man red man but not yet dead man
I came at em with arrows but they got me with the lead man
The only true American damn right Native
Columbus the defendant and my culture the plaintiff
Since his boat hit the beach its nothing but down hill
A minority but amazingly we are around still
Close my eyes blow smoke recite sacred chants
Ask my ancestors for guidance through a sacred dance
So they can help me look past the offensive mascots
As I sip water from leaves good to the last drop
Favorite team is white skins, black skins I mean Redskins
Now you see its harsh after I gave it a head spin
And its a shame what they got up in Cleveland
A blood red face representing the baseball team all season
Government acts like they aint got a heart to churn
Cause theres not enough of us for them to be concerned
And decency is not what motivates the change
Its power and we aint got enough to shake the chains
But when the black people got enough to make a stain
And said to defend ourselves well tak