The Kramer-Wale

[ti:The Kramer] [ar:Wale] [al:The Mixtape About Nothing] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Kramer - Wale [00:00.77]Shut up 50 years ago [00:02.53]They'd have you upside down [00:03.21]With a f**king fork up your a** [00:09.98]You can talk you can talk you can talk [00:11.78]You're brave now [00:12.89]Who's loud talking The n****r [00:15.51]He's a n****r He's a n****r [00:19.13]A n****r look there's a n****r [00:22.15]The color of my skin content of my character [00:24.82]Dream of a King's been a nightmare for anyone [00:27.70]White with a badge or anyone [00:29.81]Slightly affected by the tide to [00:31.82]This race that I'm running in [00:33.63]Pardon me y'all the racists I run against [00:36.49]The race war when it's us against all of them [00:39.27]They subconsciously low talk us [00:41.55]And probably all think as Kramer did still [00:43.35]But won't talk it [00:45.06]And first off I ain't trying to be conscious [00:47.77]Speaking heart with a conscious talking to you [00:50.58]This dark content for those of dark complexion [00:53.78]Who's x-ed off Rip who gon' listen to us [00:56.32]Who gon' speak for us Who gon' plead for us [00:59.12]Who gon' be the Head N I C for us [01:01.84]Who gon' defend us from crooked police on us [01:04.67]I'm just an insecure N-I-G er [01:07.87]Please listen to me please listen to me [01:10.37]Please listen to me N-I-G er [01:13.23]Please listen to me who gon' listen to me [01:16.14]Who gon' listen to me N-I-G er [01:19.54]Listen to me who gon' listen to me [01:21.83]Who gon' listen to me N-I-G er [01:24.56]Who gon' listen to me who gon' listen to me [01:27.33]Who gon' listen to me N-I-G [01:29.57]Hey [01:30.13]And P say that I should stop saying ni**a [01:32.52]But if I did what would be the difference [01:34.68]I'd still be a ni**a [01:36.08]He'd still be a ni**a in his feelings [01:38.30]I'd still be a ni**a with no deal try to get one [01:41.02]There'd still be niggas out killing [01:43.14]And still be white people still out to get us [01:45.90]And still be niggas saying whites try to get us [01:48.71]And still be lazy and paranoid niggas [01:51.57]I'm paramount ni**a I am [01:53.64]And you can't be mad [01:55.01]'Cause I choose the word ni**a [01:56.49]Let me air it out ni**a [01:58.10]Ni**a ain't bad see niggas just had [02:00.69]A clever idea to take something they said [02:03.51]Into something we have [02:04.93]Something we flipped [02:06.47]Into something with swag [02:07.82]Ni**a don't be mad [02:09.26]B**ches ain't sh*t but women ain't b**ches [02:12.01]See women are the queens [02:13.31]And b**ches just b**ches [02:14.89]And b**ches say b**ch like b**ch is not offensive [02:17.61]When niggas say b**ch all of the sudden they offended [02:20.36]And niggas say ni**a to a ni**a [02:22.74]A ni**a write ni**a in a lyric [02:24.83]Expect the white boy to omit it [02:26.82]The white boy spit it like he spit it [02:28.95]Recite it to his friends who by the way ain't niggas [02:31.86]And say "Ni**a ni**a ni**a my favorite rapper did it" [02:34.67]And non-ni**a friends got it with him [02:36.84]Incorporate this lyric to their everyday living [02:39.54]Until a black friend kinda hear it just a tidbit [02:42.62]He thinks "Aw forget it [02:43.84]It's so insignificant and little" [02:45.92]The white boy sees this as a clearance now it's [02:48.56]"Ni**a ni**a ni**a" every single day [02:50.64]And that little ni**a ni**a thinks it's okay [02:53.57]And he's the only ni**a in this particular grade [02:56.42]And it begins to phase him more each day [02:59.33]The things they say went a little too far [03:02.18]He couldn't tell the difference between an A or E-R [03:05.19]So they just keep going saying ni**a in his face [03:07.76]There's nothing he can do he let it get away [03:10.57]It came to the point he couldn't look 'em in the face [03:13.49]The mirror made him hurl his reflection disgraceful [03:16.34]Yeah and make sure everything you say [03:19.80]Can't be held against you in any kind of way [03:22.63]And any connotation is viewed many ways [03:25.43]'Cause under every ni**a there's a little bit of Kramer [03:28.73]Self hatred I hate you and myself Ni**a [03:40.27]Uh I lost my temper on stage I was at uh [03:44.10]A comedy club trying to [03:45.59]Um do my act and I got heckled [03:48.63]And I I I took it badly and went into a a rage [03:53.58]And uh uh said some pretty [03:58.67]Uh nasty things to some Afro-Americans [04:03.43]A lot of trash talk for this to happen [04:06.41]For me to be in a comedy club [04:07.78]And flip out and say this crap [04:11.15]You know I'm I'm deeply deeply sorry