I Am I Be

De La Soul

Verse 1



I am Posdnous



I be the new generation of slaves



here to make papes to buy a record exec rakes



the pile of revenue I create



But I guess I don't get a cut cuz my rent's a month late



Product of a North Carolina cat



who scratched the back of a pretty woman named Hattie



Who departed life just a little too soon



and didn't see me grab the Plug Tune fame



As we go a little somethin' like this



look ma, no protection



Now I got a daughter named Ayana Monay



And I can play the cowboy to rustle in the dough



so the scenery is healthy where her eyes lay



I am an early bird but the feathers are black



so the apples that I catch are usually all worms



But it's a must to decipher one's queen



from a worm who plays groupie and spread around the bad germ



I cherish the twilight



I maximize, my soul is the right size



I watch for the power to run out on the moon



(And that'll be sometime soon)



Faker than a fist of kids



speakin that they're black



When they're just niggas trying to be Greek



Or some tongues who lied



and said "We'll be natives to the end"



Nowadays we don't even speak



I guess we got our own life to live



Or is it because we want our own kingdom to rule?



Every now and then I step to the now



for now I see back then I might have acted like a fool



Now I won't apologize for it



This is not a bunch of Bradys



but a bunch of black man's pride



Yet I can safely say



I've never played a sister by touching where her private parts reside



I've always walked the right side of the road



If I wasn't making song I wouldn't be a thug selling drugs



But a man with a plan



and if I was a rug c

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