[Note: to be heard, not read, at 85 beats per minute; preferably under the influence of a codeine & promethazine-infused mixed drink; alcohol optional; marijuana encouraged.] [Hook] You can be a n***a just like me— Walk, talk, act, dress like me Roll over, beg, fetch like me Get a check like me Be a slave—put a chain around your neck like me! [You need to get like me!] You can be a n***a just like me— Walk, talk, act, dress like me Roll over, beg, fetch like me Get a check like me Be a slave—put a chain around your neck like me! [Verse 1: A.D. Carson] I be on that ol' Coon Ass n***a sh**— Ice—no flaws, no blemishes; n******gish Skin real black like licorice Complex—if I could, I would get rid of it Hate to even mention it Cool Kids Club, and our membership Is the color of our skin and it's So dark that we don't wanna live in it And we think that's all right like penmanship [Hook] You can be a n***a just like me— Walk, talk, act, dress like me Roll over, beg, fetch like me Get a check like me Be a slave—put a chain around your neck like me! [You need to get like me!] You can be a n***a just like me— Walk, talk, act, dress like me Roll over, beg, fetch like me Get a check like me Be a slave—put a chain around your neck like me! [Verse 2: A.D. Carson] I got a Styrofoam cup, and I'm fillin' it up Look at me, n***a, I'm livin' it up! I know you jealous of my ‘6 foot, 7 foot Kunta wit' a severed foot Chain gang swag—take steps that he never took I'm plankin' on a million I'm plankin' ‘cuz I'm feelin' So damned fly I should be plankin' on the ceilin' I don't understand it, but I fake it ‘cause I'm willin' And you so f**in' stupid that you take it ‘cause I give it [Hook] You can be a n***a just like me— Walk, talk, act, dress like me Roll over, beg, fetch like me Get a check like me Be a slave—put a chain around your neck like me! [You need to get like me!] You can be a n***a just like me— Walk, talk, act, dress like me Roll over, beg, fetch like me Get a check like me Be a slave—put a chain around your neck like me! [Verse 3: A.D. Carson] Okay kiddies, I'm ‘a teach you all a neat dance: Get a rope, tie one end around a tree branch Take the other end that's hangin' in the air While you're standin' on a chair Tie it tight around your neck Now you're set. Now you're set— All you gotta do is wait I advise you playin' your favorite mix tape Just jump, then you turn and you spin slow We don't call it suicide; we call it ‘The Jim Crow'! [Hook] You can be a n***a just like me— Walk, talk, act, dress like me Roll over, beg, fetch like me Get a check like me Be a slave—put a chain around your neck like me! [You need to get like me!] You can be a n***a just like me— Walk, talk, act, dress like me Roll over, beg, fetch like me Get a check like me Be a slave—put a chain around your neck like me!