I am the African of 1963nTransformed to a millennium mannBut I feel the sands sifting.nnGod gave me a pigeonnRoosting in the rainnWhile I spy discriminationnThat dirty dove won’t fly away.nnSo you wanna be a man? Jove bound me to the SaharanYou wanna be a man? With nothing but an eaglenYou wanna be a man? And I am never leavingnYou wanna be a man? Maybe I am only dreaming.nnNow these fags got a sayingnThe Lord is our Shepard.nThings started changingnThe day Mathew was heard.nI am the African of 1963.nIt's the same old discriminationnThey just shifted the bigotry.nnSo you wanna be a man? Jove bound me to the Sahara If PrometheusnYou wanna be a man? With nothing but an eagle Is choosing this,nYou wanna be a man? And I am never leaving Then somewherenYou got heels in the backseat. Maybe I am only dreaming. I am choosing this.nnYou gonna be a man And I know there's a problemnJust need a dirty beat Too many sister gone undernTo dance your pain It's the ballot or the bulletnAnd dance on your grave. Malcolm tattooed it.nnI am the African of 1963 Blacker than blue. If PrometheusnTransformed to a millennium man Is choosing this,nBut I feel the sands shifting. Then somewhere I am choosing this.