Kardinal Offishall - Man By Choice lyrics

[INTRO: Kardinal Offishall] He's got the green timbs with the fat laces, hahaha Yo, yeah, uh huh Checking in, n***a You say why I call you n***a, think about it You went from what... From an African, straight to a n******g, you know what I'm saying We traveling over to what, to what, Negro, and then we went to what Then we went to black Then it was on some Afro-American stuff Afro-Canadian what have you, but guess what It don't matter what you call yourself It's what they call you behind your back n***a, straight up Straight up and down, you know what I'm sayin Y'all know [Kardinal Offishall] A yo Walkin through the uptown a black man (n***a) Walkin down Yonge St. a black man (n***a) Walkin through Flatbush a black man (n***a) When the revolution comes I got a finger on the trigga I was born a regular man of the Earth With a curse to walk like a soldier since birth My exterior is shaded in by my melanin Stereotype of my type is a felon My people cause static cause automatically now a days we fire automatics Grammatically adequate my people come equipped With enough lyrics to move battleships Blood brother ever since the slave ships It doesn't matter who I am when I walk by They still see me as a n***a whine I walk by That's O.K. - this n***a will play the role and come again and take back the Earth another day [CHORUS] I'm a n***a baby, we some n***az baby Some do walk, some do talk, some may buss their glocks But I'm a n***a for lie and a man by choice [Kardinal Offishall] Walkin through London a balck man (n***a) Walkin through Rexdale a black man (n***a) Strollin through Dectaur as a black man (n***a) Yo, I was born to emcee representin with the Figurez I can taste the history livin in my bones For the thickness I got a love jones I like my girls with the nappy dug out hips and chest buss out Lips real full, gettin ready to cuss out Parasuco gettin insulated by the structure Body so powered that the labels be stickin out in 3-D We salute the ladies - raped over time pushin out light babies The slave masters with the devil in their eye Saw nothin but a n***a when you walked by But you the mother of creation Let's bring back the family aspect and try to build a strong nation [CHORUS] [Kardinal Offishall] Walkin through Chinatown a black man (n***a) Walkin through the projects a balck man (n***a) Strollin through Africa a black man (n***a) Some try to disrespect to make themsleves look bigger I am a n***a since birth, a man by choice Some men act n******gish pushin Rolls Royces Thinkin them toys make a man While you johnin them hookers We tryin to make a stand What you believe in? Chris Rock? Or crack rock? Soft rock? Or hard rock? When I talk the whole world rocks LIke the vote, we can change thinkin Before you set a float your whole concepts sinkin You know I like to see you back that a** up But before you pa** up, you should get your damn cla** up! Take the hood out your mouth and parle! So we can take back the world right now, today! [Vocal scratching] [CHORUS x3]