Boogie Down Productions - The Homeless Lyrics
Yeah...You could call a man a bum with disgust on your morning runCause he lives outside in the street, you don't know thisBut you've failed to realise that the one you so despiseReflects yourself cos every black man is homelessYou could take your Alka-Seltzer while you talk about shelterYou might even wanna talk about a little loanCause no matter how rich you become you'll always be two, not oneCause believe it or not, America ain't your homeWe've been taught to say our name, Afro-American, all the sameNot fully American but gettin' there very slowlyCause to fully be American, you know, you gotta take out the word 'Afro'Now they've relaxed I hear they might as well call us TobySee, Afro and black are African, while theft is AmericanSo how can Afro-American make much sense?Your ancestors come from AfricaBy stealing them now you're born in AmericaSo the black man is homeless even though he pays rentSome black people say "We built this placeSo we are American, but of the black race"Well let me make this little topic knownThe Japanese also built this placeIn technology and they're winnin' the raceBut at the end of the day the Japanese can go homeDo you see the point that I'm getting at?I'm not a racist, I'm statin' a factBlacks are actually prisoners of warCause while South Africa continues to fightWe try our best to look more and more whiteProof that the blacks have been stripped of their coreWell, I guess I didn't sing and dance enoughFor black radio to play this stuffBut this ain't soft like ice-cream with a sugar coneI'm only here to state one factWake up African, your colour is blackAnd every black man is homeless cause he ain't got no home
