The Coup I Ain't the Nigga Lyrics

[Big Bird]
Now I shall tell a story that's filled with words
that start with the letter N

[Boots]
Step into the world of a n_____, figure
to stay a little while so pack your bag up bigger
First of all just let me introduce you seduce you
into a frame of mind that's easy to get used to
n_____ hasn't always meant a man with melanin
It used to be a piece of wood that sat on the cotton gin
Masta put it there and it wouldn't move, smooth
So what does it mean, to be a n_____ With an Attitude?
You tell me that a n_____'s crazy or lazy
Not about the skin so, don't let it faze me
Well you amaze me, with that ignorant bizull-shizzit
Get a grip on the new fit
Cause that's a lame frame of brain for the nineties
I know the game so it don't sting, my mind sees
So what the f___ you wanna race for the trigger
I ain't the one, I ain't the n____

[Big Daddy Kane] "If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm"
[Ice Cube] "You know that I ain't the n____"
[x4]

([Last Poets:] DJ Pam cuts up "n_____s, love everything but themselves")

[E-Roc]
n_____ is a word we use today, you say
It don't mean the same if you spell it with an A
But that's an argument that makes me itch, I twitch
If I took the T out will I still mean b____?
My name is E-Roc, and I ain't the n_____ main
Save your sellout strut s___ for Soul Train
Cause I've been known, to knock a m_________er out
Without a doubt, The Coup gives me much clout
But there's a factor when I know that my skin is brown
So I make the mental rule to massacre the word
Cause when I hear it, it gets, me straight stirred
It's mental trash so I'm pickin up the litter
I ain't the one and I ain't, the n_____
My people use this word each and every day
You see a n_____, slap a n_____, that's what I say

[Big Daddy Kane] "If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm"
[Ice Cube] "You know that I ain't the n____"
[x4]

([Last Poets:] DJ Pam cuts up "n_____s, love everything but themselves")

"Boy I love playing the drums, I can do the grooviest rhythms
I can do rhythms like.."

[Boots]
My attitude is this (what?) don't call yourself a n_____ole (why?)
Unless you're just an oakie-doke it'll make you sicker though
Cause it's all about a mind-time mind-frame
The system is a chess game with, p___s all the same (haa haa)
Until we change our mind to ?
Identify yourself, it's a part of being concious (yeah)
If I call myself a gangster then I'll rob you with a gat (yeah)
If I call myself a brother then you know I got your back (yeah)
If I call myself oppressed then I'm clear on where I'm at
But if I call myself a n_____ what the f___ is that? (yeah, you know)
Don't be the coolie or the moolie or a b___ with the jigger
Don't be the one... don't be the n____

[Big Daddy Kane] "If I'm a slave, I'm a slave to the rhythm"
[Ice Cube] "You know that I ain't the n____"
[x4]