Box - What Is Black lyrics

What is black The color of darkness or animals Shadow of a tree, makeup on cannibals Hair from a human, ink for my pen Black is blind man's vision So tell me what's a black man? It's the culture of a man that's willing to accept any history and name with respect One that'll learn his story from another race In a different language and another place Policy or licensed community extermination of a racial population Wisdom even is oppressed by the government Made a ready k**er because of another sin A brother doing wissamon Deep solitude, father of the soul with a pure funky attitude Hell place because most of them lack pigmentation of the skin Mine is brown so what is black What is black The shade of the solar system Freedom of speech, I scream it loud Black and proud What is black and where do blacks come from Nigerians from Niger Egyptians from Egypt Cleopatra, woman from Africa Elizabeth Taylor, Caucasian movie actor What's the difference One is a queen and the other played the queen on the movie screen Now, how can this be When there is no resemblance And the actors of the movies didn't have the slightest blemish of darkness to represent the people Raised in the motherland and slayed by another hand I'm dark cause of the color I don't lack But I'm a dark shade of brown So what is black Walking strong Dr. King What is black You see, we as African descendants are blessed Our blood line is strong cause the weak ones died in the journey on to this land And before I accept any name handed down to me I have one question to ask What is black and how am I black when I'm dark brown A man denied a home, a king without a crown Manipulative minds have no heart So they grab a large group of people and tear em apart Hoping to have a heart transplant Take brains away and even take names away I'm not dissin' just stating the fact that If my skin is brown am I colorblind or what is black? Color of my brothers What is black Some ask why wouldn't I fight for my country Maybe it's because America isn't my country And before I'm willing to be accepted as a true American You must first take off the prefix of Afroamerican What is black and is it inferior The more is broke in town the government gets scarier If you ask me this question you need to ask every motherf**er, son and daughter in the press United snakes of America We're preparing to take a stand A stand that's tearing your whole government inside out to conquer the white Now, ask yourself what is black What is black Intelligent blacks built pyramids Black and proud