I Ain't The Nigga Lyrics - The Coup

Now I shall tell a story that's filled with words 

That start with the letter N 

Step into the world of a nigger, figure 

To stay a little while so pack your bag up bigger 

First of all just let me introduce you seduce you 

Into a frame of mind that's easy to get used to 

Nigger hasn't always meant a man with melanin 

It used to be a piece of wood that sat on the cotton gin 

Masta put it there and it wouldn't move, smooth 

So what does it mean, to be a Nigger With an Attitude? 

You tell me that a nigger's crazy or lazy 

Not about the skin so, don't let it faze me 

Well you amaze me, with that ignorant bizull-shizzit 

Get a grip on the new fit 

'Cause that's a lame frame of brain for the nineties 

I know the game so it don't sting, my mind sees 

So what the fuck you want to race for the trigger 

I ain't the one, I ain't the nigga 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

Nigger is a word we use today, you say 

It don't mean the same if you spell it with an A 

But that's an argument that makes me itch, I twitch 

If I took the T out will I still mean bitch? 

My name is E-Roc, and I ain't the nigger main 

Save your sellout strut shit for Soul Train 

'Cause I've been known, to knock a motherfucker out 

Without a doubt, The Coup gives me much clout 

But there's a factor when I know that my skin is brown 

And never ever will I put another brother down (gawd damn) 

So I make the mental rule to massacre the word 

'Cause when I hear it, it gets, me straight stirred 

It's mental trash so I'm pickin' up the litter 

I ain't the one and I ain't, the nigger 

My people use this word each and every day 

You see a nigger, slap a nigger, that's what I say 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

"Boy I love playing the drums, I can do the grooviest rhythms 

I can do rhythms like" 

My attitude is this (what?) don't call yourself a niggerole (why?) 

Unless you're just an oakie-doke it'll make you sicker though 

'Cause it's all about a mind-time mind-frame 

The system is a chess game with, pawns all the same (haa haa) 

Until we change our mind too 

Identify yourself, it's a part of being conscious (yeah) 

If I call myself a gangster then I'll rob you with a gat (yeah) 

If I call myself a brother then you know I got your back (yeah) 

If I call myself oppressed then I'm clear on where I'm at 

But if I call myself a nigger what the fuck is that? (yeah, you know) 

Don't be the coolie or the moolie or a boob with the jigger 

Don't be the one Don't be the nigga 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube 

"If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm", Big Daddy Kane 

"You know that I ain't the nigga", Ice Cube