DO NOT CALL ME NEGRO. YES, THAT IS WHAT I SAID.
IT COMES FROM THE WORD NECRO, AND THAT WORD MEANS DEAD.
DO NOT CALL ME AFRICAN AMERICAN, BECAUSE AFRICAN I AM NOT.
YES I KNOW OF MY HERITAGE, DO NOT THINK I HAVE FORGOT.
FOR I AM AMERICAN, BORN, BRED, AND RAISED.
WHEN YOU PUT AFRICAN IN FRONT OF IT, YOU CREATE AN UNSETTLING HAZE.
CALL ME A BLACK MAN, THAT IS WHAT I AM PROUD TO BE.
YES CALL ME A BLACK MAN, SAY IT LOUD WITH ME.
BLACK IS A SYMBOL OF POWER, YOU CAN SEE IT EVERYWHERE.
LOOK AT THE ROBES OF JUDGES AND PRIESTS, BLACK IS THE COLOR THEY WEAR.
BLACK IS THE SYMBOL FEAR, LIGHT THE DARK OF THE NIGHT.
SO FEAR ME AS A BLACK MAN, AND TO FEAR ME IS RIGHT.
TO FEAR ME YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND ME, AND THE THINGS THAT I DO.
LOOK INSIDE PAST MY COLOR, AND YOU WILL SEE I AM NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU.
