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Who's the N_____​!​?

from No Color by John Tyler

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“Who’s The N_____!?”

[James Baldwin]
We didn't invent the nigga
I didn't event it
White people invented it
I always known, I had to know by the time I was seventeen years old
What you were describing was not me
What you were afraid of was not me
Had to be something else, you invented it

[Verse1]
I don't see just but I had a dream of Victory
All this bad hate
All this bad misery, ended..
And all we had was liberty
No more bad mysteries
No more artillery
Oh, oh silly me
Reality is killing we
That's our life history
Death or a injury
Lies, hate, rape that's our fate?
What?
I am not your Negro, I am not your Negro
I am just Victorious, I am just Victorious
I am not your hero, I am not your hero
Extravagant,
Passionate, lacking it
I'm a black activist, I'm a black graduate
They kill us on a accident
Haha accident
Gunshot
Or store us in the cabinet
They'll murder you too why you rapping this?
The truth needs to be told

[James Baldwin]

[Hook]
I am who I say I am
I am Victorious
I am who I say I am
I am Victorious
I am who I say I am
I am Victorious
I am who I say I am
I am Victorious
Yeah yeah

[Verse2]
I ain't no Nigger!
I ain't no Nigga!
I ain't no Jiggaboo!
I am not your negro!
I ain't no beast!
I am not attacking you
I don't got no attitude
I don't got no gratitude
What am I supposed to be thankful for?
I'm suppose to be in Africa were the water pour
What am I supposed to be thankful for?
I'm either dead, jail, rapper, or going to war

[James Baldwin]
You know?
And really always that's part of the agony
I always known that I'm not a nigga
But if I am not the nigga,
Average two of the real you
Than who is the nigga?

[Bridge]
Not me!
Not me!
Not me!
Not me!
Not me!
Not me!
Not me!
I'm free!

[Hook]
I am who I say I am
I am Victorious
I am who I say I am
I am Victorious
I am who I say I am
I am Victorious
I am who I say I am
I am Victorious
Yeah yeah

[Beat Switch]

[Verse3]
I’mma make the birds fly
I see you with my 3rd eye
You hypocrite
I'm coming after you
I'm coming after it
I'm back like Lazarus
I'm hazardous, rap-turous, slanderous
That's what they want me to be
I'm coming with the heat
Let's have the conversation
No more confrontation
No more nation, nation
Aggravation
We need more love
We need more love
We need more love
We need more love

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from No Color, released June 11, 2020
2. Who’s the N*****!?
John Tyler: Guitar, Bass, Drums
Samples: James Baldwin - “Who is the nigger?”

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John Tyler Baltimore, Maryland

John Tyler is a 24-year-old, Baltimore-based artist, multi-instrumentalist, multi-genre producer and Founder of Love Groove Festival. Visit JohnTylerSounds.com for more info.

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