Kevin Parker (engineer) - The Experience lyrics

Yeah, better believe that slick Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha yeah I Thought you said you was the G-O-D Sound like another n***a to me, ha ha, yeah I thought you said you was the G-O-D Sound like another n***a to me, sh** What a n***a do, what a n***a does And a n***a is what a n***a was And a n***a done read history but yet his eyes didn't see The only reason you a n***a is because somebody else wants you to be Well a n***a uneducated, intergrated, singin' "We shall overcome" A n***a trying to be white is what a n***a seem like have become And when they call me a n***a to my face' Can't do nothin' but walk away But here it is n******gs call other n******gs n******gs each and every day Dividing and conquering When they say the lighter shade of black is okay After the middle cla** and they pa**in' by The project laughing at where we stay Since a n***a had got grown, had a little bitty of n***a of my own Should've known I couldn't show 'em no better what I was showin' sh**, I could've hit the club as fresh as I could be Really, all for another n***a to see You know how a n***a get when he see another n***a outfit Don't want nobody to have what he ain't got Somebody get drunk, get mad, and get shot That why the property value ain't no good in a n***a neihborhood A n***a could overstand if he only understood I'm sick of lyin' I'm sick of glorifyin' dyin' I'm sick of not trying, sh** I'm sick of being a n***a Destiny sent me to this dread and she said she felt led To offer me some wisdom from this notebook she read And it said that right then the black man's downfall Was not know that we were not ever n******gs at all, hmm And she looked deeply into my eyes and said brother don't you know You complain about being black When they mad coz they can't be black no mo' So many black men out here trying to be n******gs Keeping it real to the point that they dying to be n******gs When in actuality the fact is you ain't a n***a because you black You a n***a cause of how you act But, you don't want me to tell you the truth, so I'mma lie to you Make it sound fly to you huh, huh You don't wanna hear the truth, so I'mma lie to you Make it sound fly to you, sh** The n***a experience The n***a experience Has been stated, it was created The n***a experience