never thought that this white man would be mad
i would have thought he would have been glad
im somebody that you wanna be
and im somebody you aint

i thought he wasnt that bad
he should be one of my fans
im somebody that you wanna be
and im somebody you aint

im on my way to college
you can say im "ballin"
im somebody that you wanna be
and im somebody you aint

im a black man
not afraid of the white man
im somebody that you wanna be
and im somebody you aint

we no longer take it
thats because we made it
im somebody that you wanna be
and im somebody you aint

i dont care if my president's black
he just an example that we came from the back
im somebody that you wanna be
and im somebody you aint