[Verse 1] My mom and dad were born in Africa I was born in America So does that make me an African-American? Or does it make me an American who's African? Or just a human who is searching for the pa**ages? Or just a student with his work who never pa**ed it in? Stuffed his books inside a bag and started traveling Cast himself into the Technicolor labyrinth Reality is an a**et if you turn it into happiness If he can do it (Barack) We all can do it You just find a situation and fall in to it His daddy was an immigrant My daddy was an immigrant Now both of us are citizens It's similar but different I tell a story of a once upon a dissident Who fell for the hook-line sinker of a fisherman Coming from a family so proud My Great-Great-Grand-Daddy was a pistola [Hook] I'm a Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun A Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun A Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun My Daddy's -Daddy's- Daddy's-Daddy was a Gun I'm a Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun A Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun A Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun My Daddy's -Daddy's- Daddy's-Daddy was a Gun [Bridge: Pilot Touhill] They try to tell me something But the couldn't tell me nothing They tried to teach me something But they couldn't reach me
[Verse 2] They said that I stole the cookie from the cookie jar If not me than who, It was Albert Camus Sending underground message in shoots of bamboo….OOOH “I didn't know you read that book too” That's cause I love knowing things that you didn't know I knew I love drinking drinks with the peasants and the fools “Bartender line it up me and all of my peers Are dropping dollars in here Like we're multi-millionaires” I'm feeling kind of Irish plus I'm feeling Super-Catholic So let me get some Jameson a Gunnies and a napkin Wash it down with holy water Eucharist to snack with Then piss all over everything like I was John The Baptist [Hook] I'm a Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun A Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun A Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun My Daddy's -Daddy's- Daddy's-Daddy was a Gun I'm a Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun A Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun A Son of a -Son of a-Son of a-Son of a Gun My Daddy's -Daddy's- Daddy's-Daddy was a Gun [Bridge: Pilot Touhill] They try to tell me something But the couldn't tell me nothing They tried to teach me something But they couldn't reach me They try to tell me something But the couldn't tell me nothing They tried to teach me something But they couldn't reach me