Black Dave - I Am Myself lyrics

I was told you gotta go to college and have a good education in order to be successful But why so many people with degrees still out here without a job struggling They ain't even got no money in they pocket I was told to respect my elders but why so many of my elders always making the same stupid mistakes I was told the police was here to help But now it seems that they want us dead more than our worse enemies I was told creativity is everything But why so many people in the spotlight are just duplicates of their peers And the people who came before them f** all that sh**, I am myself, I am black, I am Black Dave, I am Black Bart