Shut up
50 years ago they'd have you upside down with a fucking fork up your ass
You can talk you can talk you can talk
You're brave now motherfucker throw his ass out
He's a nigga he's a nigga he's a nigga a nigga look there's a nigga

The color of my skin content of my character
Dream of a king's been a nightmare for anyone
White with a badge or anyone slightly affected by the tide to this race that I'm running in
Pardon me y'all the racists I run against
The race war when it's us against all of them
They subconsciously low talk us
And probably all think as Kramer did still but won't talk it
And first off I ain't trying to be conscious
Speaking heart with a conscious talking to you
This dark content for those of dark complexion
Who's x-ed off rip who gon listen to us
Who gon speak for us who gon plead for us
Who gon be the Head N I C for us
Who gon defend us from crooked police on us
I'm just an insecure N I G er

Please listen to me
Please listen to me
Please listen to me N I G er
Please listen to me
Who gon listen to me
Who gon listen to me N I G er
Listen to me
Who gon listen to me
Who gon listen to me N I G er
Who gon listen to me
Who gon listen to me
Who gon listen to me N I G

Hey and P say that I should stop saying nigga
But if I did what would be the difference
I'd still be a nigga he'd still be a nigga in his feelings
I'd still be a nigga with no deal tryna get one
There'd still be niggas out killing
And still be white people still out to get us
And still be niggas saying whites tryna get us
And still be lazy and paranoid niggas
I'm paramount nigga I am and you can't be mad
Cause I choose the word nigga lemme air it out nigga
Nigga ain't bad see niggas just had
A clever idea to take something they said
Into something we have something we flipped
Into something with swag nigga don't be mad
Bitches ain't shit but women ain't bitches
See women are the queens and bitches just bitches
And bitches say bitch like bitch is not offensive
When niggas say bitch all of the sudden they offended
A nigga say nigga to a nigga
A nigga write nigga in a lyric
Expect the white boy to omit it
The white boy spit it like he spit it
Recite it to his friends who by the way ain't niggas
And say nigga nigga nigga my favorite rapper did it
And non nigga friends got it with him
Incorporate this lyric to their everyday living
Until a Black friend kinda hear it just a tidbit
He thinks aw forget it it's so insignificant and little
The white boy sees this as a clearance
Now it's nigga nigga nigga every single day
And that little nigga nigga think it's okay
And he's the only nigga in this particular grade
And it begins to faze him more each day
The things they say went a little too far
He couldn't tell the difference between a a or er
So they just keep going saying nigga in his face
There's nothing he can do he let it get away
It came to the point he couldn't look 'em in the face
The mirror made him hurl his reflection disgraceful
Yeah and make sure everything you say
Can't be held against you in any kind of way
And any connotation is viewed many ways
Cause under every nigga there's a little bit of Kramer
Self-hatred I hate you
And myself
Niggas

Uh I lost my temper on stage I was at uh a comedy club trying to um
Do my act and I got heckled and I I I took it badly and went into a rage
And uh uh said some pretty uh nasty things to some Afro Americans a lot of trash talk
For this to happen for me to be in a comedy club and flip out and say this crap
You know I'm I'm deeply deeply sorry


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The Kramer Lyrics as written by Julian Nixon Craig Balmoris

Lyrics © CTM Outlander Music LC, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, CTM OUTLANDER MUSIC LP, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    I'm surprised there aren't more comments on this song. It has so many truths in it; it is absolutely mindblowing. Wale ftw

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