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Let me tell you a little story about the slavemaster
He use a whip on your ass so you behave faster
He got chains on your neck and demands respect
You work all damn day but you will never see a check
In the field, cotton you yield
Your skin peels off your back from
The crack of the whip, it won't heal
You wish you had a shield 'cause he wields iron
So when you act up he smokes you and keeps firin'
And it's tirin', forget about recreation
One wrong move and it's death you're facin'
White motherfuckers got the ball and chain on your leg
And in the form of religion on your brain
They say you the devil, you say who the devil?
Some of us was house niggas, some of us was rebels
Some tried to get along the best they could
And didn't nobody use the phrase "it's all good," would you?
They got you livin' like a shrew
They throw you pig lips and chicken gizzards, then you make a stew
They give us a white Jesus to appease us
We talk among ourselves and hope that nobody sees us
They had our brothers beatin' us, called us cretins plus monkeys
They just flunkies, mistreatin' us
The master said, "If you don't whip 'em, you're dead"
It was fuckin' with his head, but he beat us instead
And we bled, red blood flowing like a flood
Then he'd rape your mother, stick her face in the mud
They were ruthless, if you tried to front you'd be toothless
Some tried to run even though it seemed useless
Virginity was torn, soon babies was born that was half white
And now his skin is kinda light
You think you're special because they let you
Oversee the carnage, but I bet you
You'll get hung even if you stick out your tongue
'Cause they pull out the shank and stick it right through your lung
Now it's '96 and white people say forget it
It's all in the past and some even regret it
'Cause they think we'll set it, now my mission's to get federal
So I can raise a black family without you devils