As a black kid, you gotta Learn this handy trick of Social self-defense You gotta switch up your speak And give your manner a tweak Depending on the audience
I'll be Will Smith witty Or cool like Diddy Or affable as you please Cause when you're young and black You develop a knack For putting the world at ease
It's called code-switching And I'm a master of the dial I've got a different me For every situation No matter black, white, Young or old I can tune in to your tongue And nobody can tell which One's the real me, yeah
For those timid white suburban moms I'm humble, saccharine-sweet Just a skinny Kenan Thompson, ma'am No need to cross the street
For older blacks, I'll dial it back Play the respectful grandson role They don't care for rap or hip-hoppity crap So I'm warm as Motown soul
And I can charm the old-school Italian cats with a smile Like Sammy Davis But I always know that As soon as I go they go straight back to stone-cold racist
Code-switching Got the whole world On my dial and it's Anybody's guess which One is meTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.