These Are Our Heroes - Clean Album Version

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This ain't for everybody, y'all know who y'all are
 Yeah, you, you know who you are
 These are our heroes, haha
 Let's hear it, one for the coons on UPN 9 and WB
 Who 'Yes, Massa' on TV
 What ever happened to Wheezy? The Redd Foxx's?
 Never got Emmy's but were real to me
 Let's hear it, two for the spooks who do cartwheels
 'Cause they said they played they parts well
 Now they claim caviar, hate that oxtail
 Lambda Sigma Phi badge on lapel
 Whitey always tell him, "Ooh, he speak so well"
 Are you the one we look to, the decent negro?
 The acceptable negro? Hell nah
 But they say, "These are our heroes"
 Uh, Massa used to breed us to be bigger to go play
 Athletes of today in the NBA, make me proud
 But there's somethin' they don't say
 Keep gettin' accused for abusin' white -
 From OJ to Kobe, uh let's call him Tobe
 First he played his life cool just like Michael
 Now he rock ice too just like I do
 Yo, you can't do better than that?
 The hotel clerk who adjusts the bathroom mat?
 Now you lose sponsorships that you thought had your back
 Yeah, you beat the rap jiggaboo, fake n- you
 You turn around then you sh- on Shaq
 Who woulda knew, Mr. Goodie-Two-Shoes
 He love a little butt crack, got enough cash
 Little kids with they bus pass who look up to you
 To do something for the youth, stupid spoof
 But you let them use you as an example
 They would rep, but our heroes got they hands full
 Let's hear it, one for the coons on UPN 9 and WB
 Who 'Yes, Massa' on TV
 What ever happened to Wheezy? The Redd Foxx's?
 Never got Emmy's but were real to me
 Let's hear it, two for the spooks who do cartwheels
 'Cause they said they played they parts well
 Now they claim caviar, hate that oxtail
 Lambda Sigma Phi badge on lapel
 Whitey always tell him, "Ooh, he speak so well"
 Are you the one we look to, the decent negro?
 The acceptable negro? Hell nah
 But they say, "These are our heroes"
 You Homey The Clown, bowtie, apple pie, Bo Jangles
 But we love Bo Jangles, we know what he came through
 But what's your excuse, duke? You talk Black
 But your album sound like you give your n- for a plaque
 You don't ride for the facts like um, say Scarface
 You don't know what you feel, y'all too safe
 Election done came and went, y'all worked so hard for it
 Huh, and in the end we all got -
 These are our heroes, thanks a lot public school systems still rot
 Still harassed by cops, snitches on blocks
 Selling they peoples out, some real folks with clout
 Tavis Smiley, Michael Eric Dyson
 Stokely Carmichael, let's try to be like them
 Nicky Giovanni poetical black female
 Jim Brown to the people who sing well from
 Fela to Miriam Makeba
 The mirror says you are the next American leader
 So don't be accepting new 'We are the World' records
 These pickaninnies get with anything to sell records
 'Cause it's trendy to be the conscious MC
 But next year, who knows what we'll see?
 Haha, these are our heroes
 Let's hear it, one for the coons on UPN 9 and WB
 Who 'Yes, Massa' on TV
 What ever happened to Wheezy? The Redd Foxx's?
 Never got Emmy's but were real to me
 Let's hear it, two for the spooks who do cartwheels
 'Cause they said they played they parts well
 Now they claim caviar, hate that oxtail
 Lambda Sigma Phi badge on lapel
 Whitey always tell him, "Ooh, he speak so well"
 Are you the one we look to, the decent negro?
 The acceptable negro? Hell nah
 But they say, "These are our heroes"
 Yeah, I wanna give a special shoutout to the, you know
 The crew doin' they thing out there reppin' us hard
 Big up to Tiger Woods, yeah, ya don't stop
 Big up to Cuba Gooding Jr.
 You know, yeah, you know
 Tay Diggs, what up my n-? Yeah, haha
 And you don't quit, and you don't quit
 And ya don't stop, and you don't quit
 I'm outta here
 Please excuse me, excuse me, please
 Let me get to my limousine, I'm outta here
 I know, I got a plane to catch
 And I love you back, haha, yeah, yeah
 And I'm outta here, haha, peace
 (Come on, man, give back to the hood)
 (Cocky motherf-)
 

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Duration
04:22
Key
6
Tempo
90 BPM

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