You Are What You Is - Live

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 Do you know what you are?
 You are what you is
 You is what you am
 A cow don't make ham
 You ain't what you're not
 So see what you got
 You are what you is
 An' that's all it is
 A foolish young man from a middle class fam'ly
 Started singin' the blues
 Cause he thought it was manly
 Now he talks like the Kingfish
 ("Saffiiiee!")
 From Amos 'n Andy
 (Holy mack'l dere)
 He tells you that chitlins
 Well, they taste just like candy
 He thinks that he's got
 The whole thang down
 From the Nivea Lotion
 To the Royal Crown
 Do you know what you are?
 You are what you is
 You is what you am
 A cow don't make ham
 You ain't what you're not
 So see what you got
 You are what you is
 An' that's all it is
 A foolish young man
 Of the Negro Persuasion
 Devoted his life to become a Caucasian
 He stopped eating pork
 He stopped eating greens
 He traded his dashiki
 ("Uhuru!")
 For some Jordache Jeans
 He learned to play golf
 An' he got a good score
 Now he says to himself
 "I ain't no Nigger no more (hey hey hey)"
 Do you know what you are?
 You are what you is
 You is what you am
 A cow don't make ham
 You ain't what you're not
 So see what you got
 You are what you is
 An' that's all it is
 Who is who
 'N what is what
 'N why is this appropriot
 If you don't like
 What you has got
 Drop it in the dirt
 'N let it rot
 Someone else
 Will surely come
 'N pick it up
 Cause he wants some
 And when one day
 You wonder who
 You used to was
 'N what you do
 You'll scratch your head
 'N look around
 But what you lost
 Will not be found
 Do you know what you are?
 You are what you is
 You is what you am
 A cow don't make a ham
 You ain't what you're not
 So see what you got
 You are what you is
 An' that's all it is
 You are what you is
 An' that's all it is
 You are what you is
 An' that's all it is
 You are what you is
 An' that's all it is
 You are what you is
 An' that's all it is