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Shit Like That (Black Otaku) Lyrics by MC Zappa

It’s All A Game

2019

[Intro]
No matter what the networks tell you, there are no black people on the TV screen. None!
[Verse 1: MC Zappa]
Ay yo black, what's wrong with this picture?
Logic will have to be strong to convince ya
A little misinformation is a dangerous tool
Yo black man, you're gettin' played as a fool
Blacks commit half of the violent crime?
Citation needed; they didn't heed it when I pleaded
Innocent of the abuse that they accused
So now I gotta jaw with the law
They think I'm just a rappin' dude wit' an attitude
But I'm realer than steel, and so I know the deal
I've become real cynical of the cinema
Bullshit; the industry needs an enema
The problem is not lack of portrayal in the media
It's just how they are gonna be seein' ya
When they turn on the TV, of course
Just a bunch of stereotypes reinforced
They think I seen nothin' but brick walls and WIC brawls
But that ain't the reality that Zappa sees
We still need more blacks to represent
How can you tell about a place that you never went?
The revolution will not be live-streamed
You scream and I scream for representation
World whitewashed like Clorox bleach
So the people ignore my speech
Some say we got bigger fish to fry
But still, certain problems, I wish would die
[Break]
Yo, I'm tired of this ol' bullshit, man! If they make one more fuckin' slavery movie, somebody's gonna get smacked, and that's a fact! Yo, I'm 'bout to throw this goddamn TV out the fuckin' window, man!
[Hook]
You ever think about some shit like that, man?
Black images representin' the black man?
You ever think about some shit like that, man?
Black images representin' the black man?
(scratched) Pick up a book and...
(scratched) Turn off that TV
(scratched) Pick up a book and...
(scratched) Turn off that TV
(scratched) Pick up a book and...
(scratched) Turn off that TV
[Verse 3: MC Zappa]
Oftentimes, I find that the picture is inaccurate
My rhyme is a pistol, and I'm packin' it
They tell me to cease and desist 'cuz they want the cis deceased
Now ain't that some shit for your clit?
[Break]
Man, you always complainin' about somethin'! Ain't you seen 'Black Panther'? Man, you gotta say some better shit than that to convince me of this 'conspiracy'. Pshh!
[Verse 4: MC Zappa]
Television is still whiter than Wonder Bread
Therefore, I really don't understand
Why none of us ever had ish to say about it
When we watchin' the coonery and debauchery
Black excellence, they omit and delete
And after a while, we begin to believe
That it ain't so deep in the scheme of things
We only niggas, not queens and kings
They like a Ike and a Tina, not Barack and Michelle
I thought I told you, son; conflict will sell
Because brothas killin' brothas is a lucrative trade
And if you participate, you could get paid
But I ain't wit' it, so I continue to rail
They say the truth is a fable, and they label me unstable
I don't like it; it pisses me the fuck off
But if it's all a game, this could be a tough boss
[Break]
(scratched) Unplug the television! (x4)
[Hook]
You ever think about some shit like that, man?
Black images representin' the black man?
You ever think about some shit like that, man?
Black images representin' the black man?
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MC Zappa

About “Shit Like That (Black Otaku)” by MC Zappa

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