Real People Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AeonTorpor 

Cover art for Real People lyrics by Common

"Black men walking wit white girls on they arms I be mad at em as if I know they moms Told to go beyond the surface, a person's a person When we lessen our women our condition seems to worsen"

What's that supposed to mean?

Basically some believe that white woman are enablers and supporters of the steriotypes black men are supposed to uphold whereas a real black woman is designed by nature to bring the black men as well as the black community up into a more cohesive unit in America, but that cannot be done if the black men are going falling into a submissive tail chasing role for the white woman/man/race.

So he's saying it's not cool that its happening but its slowly untying the very fragile bind in the black community and he can't really let it be out...