Here we go yo I m a negro with an ego
So? Don t tell me what I m doin is illegal
No I resort to violence only when provoked
Contrary to rumors I m no joke
If I sound hard it s because I m pee ed off
And do you wanna know why? Go head tell em Salt
All right let me explain what upset me
No we ain t tryin to be sexy
Dismiss is quick with a miss like a tongue
Cuz I d run if I was a chick pick up a hit list
And I m-a kick it like this

The word is outyou played me out
I won t scream and shoutstraighten it out now
Don t lie and spystop tryin to connive me
Slow your rollyou don t even know me
I m not a militantbut I m equivilant
To an activistall I m after is cheer among all
I don t care if they re big or smallshort or tall
We ve got to stand to fallain t that righty all?

Now all I can talk about is what I know
And all I know about is what I witness
What I witness is what I see
Meway below status quo cuz I m a negro with an ego
Yothat don t go

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Put some faith in your race
Put some faith in your race repeat

I m blackand I m proud to be a
African-American soul sister
Usin my mind as a weapona lethal injection
And oh yesI m the best in whatever I do
I do betterI m clever
I never half-step ask Salt or Pepa
We re partners in rhymeone of a kind
This affair is rareand you will never find
Another like megimme the micit s mine
Keep your mitts off thisyoSaltit s time
To let the public know the subject of the show
Is what America calls a negro with an ego
Yothat don t gothat s a negative so...

CHORUS

PorcheBenzand BM s are all suitable
For people who sell pharmacuticles
That s a stereotypethat s the hype
Don t ask me why I have an attitude all right
When I drop a nine-eleven on my 200C
The cops are surprised to see a minority
Behind the wheel of this carit must be narcotics
How else could she have got it?
A brown-skinned female with two problems to correct
Wrong colorwrong sex

Sometimes I feel the real deal is to be a rebel
But that would bring me down to their level
I won t settle for thatit s unacceptable
Cuz Salt and Pepa s always very respectable
Sometimes we get crazy and outta hand
But it s all in the fun of makin everybody dance
I m proud of who and what I am so call me a negro with an ego
And get ready to go blow for blow

CHORUS

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