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Artist: Hans Teeuwen
Canonical path: /hans-teeuwen/i-want-to-be-black
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I want to be black
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I want to be black
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When I was just a little boy
about the age of five
I said to my daddy
I said 'daddy, I wanna get down'
And my daddy he looked at me and he said
'Ik versta d'r geen zak van jongen'
So man, I had to walk all the way to fucking Harlem New York man
Jiving across the neighbourhood like this
And then I said this black dude that said 'Yo brother'
'Yo brother, you think you can teach me some soul'
And he looked at me straight in the face and said
'Son, you're too white for that shit'
Wait a, wait a minute motherfucker, you're talking to me?
You're talking to me?
You're talking to me motherfucker?
I'm gonna wipe your ass motherfucker
Baby you just watch me now
I'm a white motherfucker and I know what I am
But I wanna get down like the black man can
Watch me big I'm a big on a track
I wanna be bad and I wanna be black
Don't stop my butt hear what I say
Get used to me brother I'm here to stay
I got soul, got feeling
Got soooouuuulll, one two three four five
I wanna be black, I want to be a soulbrother
I wanna be black, yeah I want to be a nigger
I wanna be black, I want to be a soulbrother
I wanna be black, yeah I want to be a nigger
wanna be a nigger, wanna be a
one two three four five six seven eight
HUSH!
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