Mr. Nigga (Explicit)-Mos Def/Q-Tip

[ti:Mr. Ni**a] [ar:Mos Def] [al:Black On Both Sides] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mr. Nigga (Explicit) - Mos Def/Q-Tip [00:01.73]Written by：Q-Tip/L. Fernandez [00:03.46]Say ho everybody say ho [00:06.53] [00:08.15]Bop po quay yo [00:09.45] [00:11.01]I said shake your soul like way back in the day yo [00:14.19] [00:16.03]Bop po quay yo everybody say ho [00:19.75] [00:21.00]Everybody say hooooo hooo [00:27.29] [00:29.25]Everybody say ho [00:30.35] [00:31.48]And check it out now [00:32.45]Who is cat eating out on the town [00:34.86]And make the whole dining room turn they head around [00:37.10]Mr Ni**a Ni**a Ni**a [00:40.12]He got the speakers in the trunk [00:41.55]With the bass on pump [00:42.61]Who be riding up in the high rise elevator [00:44.94] [00:45.68]Other tenants who be praying they ain't the new neighbor [00:48.05]Mr Ni**a Ni**a Ni**a [00:50.23] [00:50.88]They try to play him like a chump [00:52.38]Cause he got what they want [00:53.55]He under thirty years old [00:54.61]But already he's a pro [00:56.11]Designer trousers slung low [00:57.22]Because his pockets stay swollen [00:58.88]Could afford to get up and be anywhere he go [01:01.36]VIP at the club backstage at the show [01:04.47]Yes you'all the best crib the best clothes [01:06.58] [01:07.17]Hottest whips on the road [01:08.35]Neck and wrists on froze say word [01:10.00]Checks with o's o o o o ohs [01:12.70]Straight all across the globe [01:13.79]Watch got three time zones [01:15.03] [01:15.59]Keep a digital phone up to his dome [01:17.45]Two assistants [01:18.43]Two bank accounts two homes [01:19.94] [01:20.46]One problem [01:21.25]Even with the o's on his check [01:23.01]The po po stop him and show no respect [01:25.81]Is there a problem officer [01:27.05]Damn straight it's called race [01:28.40]That motivate the Jake woo woo to give chase [01:31.17]Say they want you successful but that ain't the case [01:33.75]You living large your skin is dark [01:35.40]They flash a light in your face [01:37.32]Now who is cat dining out on the town [01:39.17]Radiometry wanna take a whole year to sit him down [01:41.73]Mr Ni**a Ni**a Ni**a [01:43.93]He got the speakers in the trunk [01:45.64]With the bass on pump [01:46.63]Now who is the cat at Armani buying wears [01:49.49]With the tourists who be asking him do you work here [01:52.30]Mr Ni**a Ni**a Ni**a [01:54.52]Ni**a Ni**a [01:55.51] [01:57.65]Yo the abstract with the mighty mos def [02:00.31]White folks got it muffled across beneath they breathe [02:03.13]I didn't say it [02:04.05]But they'll say it out loud again [02:05.23]When they deal with their close associates and friends [02:07.80]You know [02:08.52]Sneak it in with they friends at the job [02:11.10]Happy hour at the bar [02:12.15]While this song is in they car [02:13.55]And even if they've never said it lips stay sealed [02:15.99]Their actions reveal how their hearts really feel [02:18.91]Like late night I'm on a first class flight [02:21.49]The only brother in sight [02:22.69]The flight attendant catch fright [02:24.93]I sit down in my seat 2 c [02:26.69]She approach officially talking about excuse me [02:29.62] [02:30.21]Her lips curl up into a tight space [02:32.20]She don't believe that I'm in the right place [02:35.48]Showed her my boarding pass [02:36.83]And then she sort of gasped [02:38.17]All embarrassed put an extra lime in my water glass [02:40.47]An hour later here she comes by walking past [02:43.14]I hate to be a pest but my son would love your autograph [02:46.09] [02:50.97]They stay on Ni**a patrol on American roads [02:53.55]And when you travel abroad they got world Ni**a laws [02:56.23] [02:56.88]Some folks get on a plane go as they please [02:59.14]But I go over seas and I get over seized [03:01.11] [03:02.20]London heatproof me and my people [03:04.34]They think that illegal's a synonym for negro [03:06.98] [03:07.76]Far away places customs agents flagrant [03:09.96]They think the dark face is smuggle waiting in cases [03:12.43]Bags inspected now we arrested [03:15.18]Attention directed to contents of our intestines [03:17.14] [03:18.41]Urinalyses followed by x rays [03:20.19]Integrated and detained to damn near the next day [03:22.94]No evidence no apology and no regard [03:25.49] [03:26.18]Even for the big American rap star [03:28.46]For us especially us most especially [03:31.28]A Mr Ni**a VIP jail cell just for me [03:34.05]If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a cake [03:36.20]Just got some shoe polish painted my face [03:39.23]They say they want you successful [03:40.62]But then they make it stressful [03:41.95]You start keeping pace they start shaking up the tempo [03:44.56]Now who is cat riding out on the town [03:46.84]State trooper want to stop in his ride pat him down [03:49.42]Mr Ni**a Ni**a Ni**a [03:51.56] [03:52.43]He got the speakers in the trunk [03:53.74]With the bass on pump [03:54.82]Now who is the cat with the hundred dollar bill [03:57.34]They gotta send it to the back to make sure the sh*t is real [04:00.40]Mr Ni**a Ni**a Ni**a [04:02.18] [04:03.12]Ni**a Ni**a Ni**a [04:04.97] [04:05.65]You can laugh and criticize Michael Jackson if you wanna [04:08.20]Woody Allen molested and married his step daughter [04:10.89] [04:11.76]Same press kicking dirt on Michaelmas's name [04:13.71]Show woody and soon ye at the playoff game holding hands [04:16.52]Sit back and just bug think about that [04:18.37]Would he get that type of DAP if his name was woody black [04:22.20]OJ found innocent by a jury of his peers [04:24.34]They been f**king with that Ni**a for last five years [04:27.22]Is it fair is it equal is it just is it right [04:30.03]Do they do the same sh*t when the defendant face is white [04:32.42]If white boys doing it well it's success [04:34.78] [04:35.40]When I start doing well it's suspect [04:37.29] [04:37.81]Don't hate me my folks is poor I just got money [04:40.22]America's five centuries deep in cotton money [04:42.81] [04:43.32]You see a lot of brothers caked up you straight up [04:45.99]It's new you'all living off of slave traders paper [04:48.24] [04:49.08]But I'm a live though yo I'm a live though [04:51.62]Putting up the big swing for my kids yo [04:53.83] [04:54.45]Got my mom the fat water front crib yo [04:56.48] [04:57.14]I'm a get her them pretty bay windows [04:59.22] [04:59.83]I'm a cop a nice home to provide in [05:02.43]A safe environment for seeds to reside in [05:04.59]A fresh whip for my whole family to ride in [05:07.32]And if I'm still Mr Ni**a