Who Am I
Big Daddy Kane

"i was born.."

[big daddy kane]
A black man from the motherland
Speakin a language today most people don't understand
Where no one could bother me
Cause I had freedom, justice, and equality
But then one day it was tooken away
And I was shipped to the u.s.a.
A young brother, made into a slave
To harvest the midlands and clean the chittlins
Given a new name, new religion
No freedom to vote, not even to make a decision
I saw my peoples, sold raped and took out
The rest of that stuff that alex haley talks about
They said I'm not from asia I'm from africa
And all the blacks there now are just scavengers
That's the way my mind was poisoned
To believe that in america blacks are inferior
A weak mind and a body of swine
Only adds up to being - deaf dumb and blind
Illiterate to who where what and why
So I ask myself: who am i?

"i was born.."

[big daddy kane]
A native new yorker on the streets
Known for rockin rhymes to real rough beats
That I found in the attic, noisy with static
A sound that made me, a hip-hop fanatic
I made a few songs that sold ok
Never top 20 or plenty airplay
I came out hardcore, flexin cock diesel
Saw a little cash, and pop goes the weasel
I had to make that change and rearrange
My whole rap format, no hardcore rap
So now all the pop charts I rule
Over new kids on the block and paula abdul, huh
I thought I made it, then my song faded
And none of the black stations ever have played it
I tried to blame it on mtv
And say, "damn, they cold played me for young mc"
But when you get down to it, I'm the real blame
Because I wanted the fame
Money is not only the root of all evil
It's also the destruction of black people, so
Conjunction junction, what's your function?
Bein a scout, or sellin out?
Look in the mirror at yourself, eye to eye
And say: who am i?

[gamilah shabazz]
A solid change, have to rearrange this strange
Feelin I'm feelin, so appealin
I am having to deal with
Time to forget the myth, of bein black and a woman
Can't get ahead, walkin on a thread, a tightrope
Can't cope, don't be a dope, have a little bit of hope
Runnin your scope on affairs
You have to be aware, don't flare up
Let your cup runneth over
I'm not irish, don't need a donut to fill up my dish
Nor two mango wish to wish on a star, they're so far
Anyway I'm thinkin about today, not tomorrow
I'm not a follower of anyone
My time has come, it's already here
My message is clear
Like the women of long ago, I am also here
Also to show, I have the courage
Have the strength, I'm for equal opportunity
No matter the life, length of time
Show me a sign, should I rely on a
Subliminal message, should I question
What would seem to be, life's told me?
Yes indeed, so let me speak

[big daddy kane]
And that's comin from the daughter of malcolm x
So black women put it in your texts
So you can never let, opportunity pass you by
Or even ask yourself, who am i?


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Lyrics by Big Daddy Kane

  'nuff Respect   'Nuff Respect (Remix)   2 Da Good Tymz   3 Forties & A Bottle of Moet   3 Forties & a Bottle of Moet   3 Forties And A Bottle Of Moet   A Day at the Races   A Day at the Races   A Job Ain't Nuthin' But Work   Ain't No Half - Steppin'   Ain't No Half-Steppin'   Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now   All Of Me   Another Victory   Any Type Of Way   Big Daddy Vs. Dolemite   Big Daddy's Theme   Brooklyn Style... Laid Out   Brooklyn Style...Laid Out   Brother Man, Brother Man   Brother, Brother   Calling Mr. Welfare   Cameo Afro   Cause I Can Do It Right   Change This Game Around   Children R The Future   Chocolate City   Come on Down   Daddy's Home   Daddy's Theme   Dance With The Devil   Death Sentence   Definitely   Dj's Get No Credit   Do U Really Know   Do U Really Know?   Don't Do It to Yourself   Down the Line   Earth, Wind & Fire   Earth, Wind & Fire   Earth, Wind And Fire   Earth, Wind Fire   Entaprizin'   Finale   Fish Tandoori   Float   Forget About It   Get Down   Girl Talk   Git Bizzy   Give A Demonstration   Give A Demonstration (feat. Big Scoob)   Give a Demonstration [#]   Give It To Me   Groove With It   Heal Yourself   Here Comes Kane, Scoob & Scrap   Here Comes Kane, Scoob and Scrap   Hold It Down   How U Get A Record Deal   How U Get a Record Deal?   I Get The Job Done   I'll Take You There   I'm Not Ashamed   In The PJ's   Intro   It's A Big Daddy Thing   It's Hard Being The Kane   Just Rhymin' With Biz   Keep 'Em On The Floor   La - La - Land   La-La-Land   Last Night Episode   Let Yourself Go   Live Freestyle 95   Long Live The Kane   Looks Like A Job For...   Lyrical Gymnastics   Mister Cee's Master Plan   Mortal Combat   Mr. Pitiful   Next Up   Niggaz Never Learn   No Damn Good   Old Tyme Blues   On the Bugged Tip   On The Move   Ooh, Aah, Nah-Nah-Nah   Outro   Pimpin Ain't Easy   Pimpin' Ain't Easy   Platinum Plus   Play It Again, Polo   Prelude   Prince Of Darkness   Put Your Weight On It   Rap Summary   Rap Summary (Lean On Me Remix)   Rap Summary (Lean On Me)   Raw   Raw '91   Raw (Remix)   Rest In Peace   Set It Off   Sex According to the Prince of Darkness   Shame (prelude)   Shame!   Show & Prove   Show & Prove   Show and Prove   Smooth Operator   Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed   Stick Up   Stop Shammin'   T. L. C.   T.L.C.   Taste Of Chocolate Exit   Taste Of Chocolate Intro   Terra N Ya Era   That's How I Did 'Em   The Beef Is On   The Day You're Mine   The House That Cee Built   The Lover In You   The Man / The Icon   The Man, The Icon   The Way It's Goin Down   The Way It's Goin' Down   To Be Your Man   Troubled Man   Uncut, Pure   Uncut, Pure (Original And Remix)   Uncut, Pure (Original Remix)   Unda Presha   Very Special   W. G. O. N. R. S.   W.G.O.N.R.S.   Warm It Up, Kane   Word to The Mother   Word To The Mother (Land)   Wrath Of Kane   Wrath Of Kane (Live)   Young, Gifted And Black

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