Coup, The

I Ain't The Nigga

Coup, The


(Big Bird) 
Now I shall tell a story that's filled with words 
that start with the letter N 
(DJ Pam cuts up "Fly lyrics from the bank of reality" --> Flavor Flav) 
[Boots] 
Step into the world of a nigger, figure 
to stay a little while so pack your bag up bigger 
First of all just let me introduce you seduce you 
into a frame of mind that's easy to get used to 
Nigger hasn't always meant a man with melanin 
It used to be a piece of wood that sat on the cotton gin 
Masta put it there and it wouldn't move, smooth 
So what does it mean, to be a Nigger With an Attitude? 
You tell me that a nigger's crazy or lazy 
Not about the skin so, don't let it faze me 
Well you amaze me, with that ignorant bizull-shizzit 
Get a grip on the new fit 
Cause that's a lame frame of brain for the nineties 
I know the game so it don't sting, my mind sees 
So what the fuck you wanna race for the trigger 
I ain't the one, I ain't the nigga 
"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm" --> Big Daddy Kane 
"You know that I ain't the nigga" --> Ice Cube 
(repeat 4X) 
(DJ Pam cuts up "Niggers, love everything but themselves" --> Last 
Poets) 
[E-Roc] 
Nigger is a word we use today, you say 
It don't mean the same if you spell it with an A 
But that's an argument that makes me itch, I twitch 
If I took the T out will I still mean bitch? 
My name is E-Roc, and I ain't the nigger main 
Save your sellout strut shit for Soul Train 
Cause I've been known, to knock a motherfucker out 
Without a doubt, The Coup gives me much clout 
But there's a factor when I know that my skin is brown 
And never ever will I put another brother down (gawwwd damn) 
So I make the mental rule to massacre the word 
Cause when I hear it, it gets, me straight stirred 
It's mental trash so I'm pickin up the litter 
I ain't the one and I ain't, the nigger 
My people use this word each and every day 
You see a nigger, slap a nigger, that's what I say 
"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm" --> Big Daddy Kane 
"You know that I ain't the nigga" --> Ice Cube 
(repeat 4X) 
(DJ Pam cuts up "Niggers, love everything but themselves" --> Last 
Poets) 
"Boy I love playing the drums, I can do the grooviest rhythms 
I can do rhythms like.." 
[Boots] 
My attitude is this (what?) don't call yourself a niggerole (why?) 
Unless you're just an oakie-doke it'll make you sicker though 
Cause it's all about a mind-time mind-frame 
The system is a chess game with, pawns all the same (haa haa) 
Until we change our mind to ? 
Identify yourself, it's a part of being concious (yeah) 
If I call myself a gangster then I'll rob you with a gat (yeah) 
If I call myself a brother then you know I got your back (yeah) 
If I call myself oppressed then I'm clear on where I'm at 
But if I call myself a nigger what the fuck is that? (yeah, you know) 
Don't be the coolie or the moolie or a boob with the jigger 
Don't be the one... don't be the nigga 
"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm" --> Big Daddy Kane 
"You know that I ain't the nigga" --> Ice Cube 
(repeat 4X)