What Are You? (Post​-​Reggaeton Remix)

from Opportunity Costs by Guitars As Guns

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What Are You

Yo, you know me, that half-black MC
People look at me funny, don't understand what they see
Mexican? Persian? Jewish? Cuban?
It's never enough, to just say I'm “human.”

“So, what are you?”
You ask, and I look to the ground
It's like you'll tell me your name after I tell you my background
No, I'm not asking you to apologize
I guess your mind's gotta categorize
The black kids say, “Hey now we'll let you say 'nigga'!”
The white kids say, “Hey, I bet your cock's a little bigger!”
And it's really more than just a question of dialectic
Racism's a disease and millions are still infected

My dad used to go to restaurants and not get served
It's a little better now but we still don't get what we deserve
I went to Argentina, and when I came back
The news didn't give me the blues, it just gave me the blacks!
Starvation on the radio, they don't play the facts, it's just cracker jacks (Fishbone)

And now everyone is hassling me,
Mr. Ambiguous Minority
They always gotta check me extra long
In airport security
I can't sport a beard
Or I look like the Muslim enemy
With a mustache, they ask if I entered illegally
And everyone wants me to identify
I'm a human, mothafucka, is that all right?
One their forms I always gotta check the box “other”
'Cause I'm not quite white, not quite a brother!

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from Opportunity Costs, released June 5, 2010

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