Ya strugglin' chords by
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Key: G major

Verse 1
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Africans in America try to identify
Totally with their master in
every respect
They are the only ones who can not do it
But they are the ones who will go to all
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Bm Bm 2
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extremes to do it
They can not be disguised
But they will attempt to disguise
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themselves

Verse 2
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I'm on a search not for
a car or a miniskirt
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But the words I wish to exert
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Bm Bm 2
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Will hurt, damage or up  set the ego
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Bm Bm 2
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You want to be macho, yeah,
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but we know the deal
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Jheri curls just ain't gettin' it
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Bm Bm 2
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KRS- One is only down for pickin' it
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Pick the afro, need no Soul Glo
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Or Carefree Curls, that's just a no- no
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Where oh where, are all the real men
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Bm Bm 2
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The feminine look seems to be  the trend
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Bm Bm 2
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You got eyeliner on, chillin' and maxin'
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Am Am 
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See you're a man with a spine extraction
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So what I'm askin' is plain to see
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Are there any straight
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singers in  R&B?
All I see, is the light- skinned buffy
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Am Am 
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Tryin' hard, to be Mr. Tuffy
Yet in fact, you're Mr. Softie
With the beige contacts on,
yo you lost me
I ain't with it, never will, never have
How can your son even call you dad?
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Your skin is bleached and your nails
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Bm Bm 2
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you just buffin'
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Take a look at yourself man, ya strugglin'
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Africa is so

Verse 3
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strong,
that once she puts a stamp on you
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Four hundred years of cold weather,
death,
And all that fryin' your hair shall
not disguise you
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As a matter of fact, she is so strong
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That no matter what chem
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icals you put in your hair
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She will come back and snatch it up
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Verse 4
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Tell me
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Are you proud man, of who you are?
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Or does your pride come out of a jar
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'Cause if  you bought it,
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put it on, or sprayed it  on
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I tell you right now,
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it won't stay long
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'Cause if  it ain't natural,
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it ain't kosher
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It's like buyin' and wearin' a culture
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If  that culture ain't yours naturally
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It's his, not yours, actually
You better wake up and smell the coffee
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Look in the mirror and think Mr. Softie
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People change, when they are ashamed
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Of how they look or from which they came
Are you ashamed, of original black?
If you're not,
why does your hair look like that?
Why is your nose straighter, from surgery?
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Am Am 
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I think you're really in a state
of emergency
You're not sane to the African aim
So you're insane,
and you need to obtain
Any, average rap album sculpture
And study it, just, to learn your culture
Even though, you don't
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think it's music
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It's the blackest you'll
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ever get so  use it
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The blue- eyed black man
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to me  is buggin'
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Take a look at yourself man,

Verse 5
ya strugglin'
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Am Am 
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Yes capitalism will confuse these people,
have them totally confused
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Am Am 
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They will try every way to identify
with their masters, every way
Go to extreme lengths,
I'm telling you, seriously!
Capitalism will confuse them
why'know tell them the truth's a lie
I saw a sister the other day
and I spoke to her about her hair
She said, "I don't care what you say,
I'm still gonna get my perm!"
I told her, "It's not a perm,
it's a temporary"

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