I don't talk the way you do You call me names and try to hurt me Spit on the ground, hoping to curse me They say blood is thicker than water But you look like my great-grandfather Walk by, suck teeth I'm not black in love for you Am I black in love for you? You call back out a stranger tone Turning your eyes like you don't see, babe You won't speak if it's a Sunday Lines erased with blood and water Who's to say I'm not your lost daughter? Dye me of a cheek till I'm black in love for you In Harlem, everybody, it was all love, you know? Whether if you were African or, you know, African-American from here or you was from the South, you know? You know, it was always love. It was like, you my brother, you know? Like, this is like, um, you know, the mecca of, you know, black people and black history. Am I black enough for you? Make you shoot my children too? It don't matter how you see me You're still running like the old days Even if I'm not from here, green cards don't save you I still look just like your mama Not from here, green cards don't save you I still look just like your mama Not from here, green cards don't save you I still look just like your mama Hands up, don't shoot Blacker than you, blacker than me Blacker than you, blacker than me Yeah you're my death, true More than me, so blue Blacker than you, blacker than me Blacker than you, blacker than me Blacker than you, blacker than me Blacker than you, blacker than me Blacker than you, blacker than me Blacker than you, blacker than me Blacker than you, blacker than me