Artist: Kool Rock Jay and the DJ Slice Album: Tales From the Dope Side Song: It's a Black Thing Typed by: jostmatt at bluewin dot ch Kick it to me [ VERSE 1: Kool Rock Jay ] A black man with a dream to be a dancer Served in Vietnam, came back with cancer Couldn't get a job and no steady pay Born a broke man and he died in that way Is this the way it's supposed to be? Or is just somethin that you're tellin me Makin cash havin fun and that's how you're livin Like every day is Thanksgiving Chill for a minute and take a look Life is no secret, it's an open book I mean bullets flyin, brothers dyin Mamas cryin, and I ain't lyin What's goin on? Marvin Gaye might say The game is real, but no time to play Pick up the pace and keep on movin And maybe in the future you can tell where you've been To each his own, man, woman and child Don't talk too much, you might be on file Trials and tribulation, time goes on Who wants to know how the West was won? It's a black thing It's a black thing, yeah Just a black thing Just a black thing, yeah [ VERSE 2: Kool Rock Jay ] Brothers killin when they should be chillin Can't really say, cause I don't know how they're feelin Life's too short and the skies ain't sunny You're rich and unhappy or you're low on your money Girls on the tip cause you're simply havin it Every time you drop a dollar, you know they're grabbin it Ask for their answer, get no reply Caught up in traffic, you gotta do or die Breakin and takin because you're not about the fakin Your life's on the line and your body's shakin Stuck like Chuck cause you know you wasn't right In front of a judge gettin 10 to life It ain't cool, but that's how it is Sittin in the cell for 25 years Let's show the other that they ain't right Sayin blacks won't make it is a stereotype [ VERSE 3: Kool Rock Jay ] Just the other day I heard an old man say Somethin 'bout history that wasn't okay Talkin 'bout slaves and how we used to be Somethin Kool Rock Jay refuse to be Tell me 'bout somethin that I can handle Not about Nixon and the Watergate scandal Tappin phones, watchin homes Stand up for yours and you're on your own Time won't stop, prices won't drop That's the way it is, whether you like it or not Farrakhan, Dr. King and Malcolm X Stood up for blacks, so tell me who's next? Me bein a MC seein what I'm seein Suckers can't handle, they cold start fleein Sayin to theirself that they just can't hack it Goin crazy in a straitjacket [ VERSE 4: Kool Rock Jay ] I drop knowledge, but I never went to college Problems in my path I smooth demolish What's up with that, cause I'm not the wack My skin is brown, but my race is black They say we rob and steal, they say we shoot and kill I'm sellin records makin dollars, so get for real They try to front, because they don't know what time it is Black is beautiful, that's how fine it is Come on everybody, please pay attention Tryina play dumb with no comprehension Here it goes and shows and flows as the wind blows You say you're down? Everyone knows... You catch my drift?