The Experience

[Intro: Cee-Lo] Yeah, better believe that slick Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha yeah I Thought you said you was the G-O-D Sound like another nigga to me, ha ha, yeah I thought you said you was the G-O-D Sound like another nigga to me, shit [Verse: Cee-Lo] What a nigga do, what a nigga does And a nigga is what a nigga was And a nigga done read history but yet his eyes didn't see The only reason you a nigga is because somebody else wants you to be Well a nigga uneducated, intergrated, singin' "We shall overcome" A nigga trying to be white is what a nigga seem like have become And when they call me a nigga to my face' Can't do nothin' but walk away But here it is niggers call other niggers niggers each and every day Dividing and conquering When they say the lighter shade of black is okay After the middle class and they passin' by The project laughing at where we stay Since a nigga had got grown, had a little bitty of nigga of my own Should've known I couldn't show 'em no better what I was showin' Shit, I could've hit the club as fresh as I could be Really, all for another nigga to see You know how a nigga get when he see another nigga outfit Don't want nobody to have what he ain't got Somebody get drunk, get mad, and get shot That why the property value ain't no good in a nigga neighborhood A nigga could overstand if he only understood I'm sick of lyin' I'm sick of glorifyin' dyin' I'm sick of not trying, shit I'm sick of being a nigga Destiny sent me to this dread and she said she felt led To offer me some wisdom from this notebook she read And it said that right then the black man's downfall Was not know that we were not ever niggers at all, hmm And she looked deeply into my eyes and said brother don't you know You complain about being black When they mad coz they can't be black no mo' So many black men out here trying to be niggers Keeping it real to the point that they dying to be niggers When in actuality the fact is you ain't a nigga because you black You a nigga cause of how you act But, you don't want me to tell you the truth, so I'mma lie to you Make it sound fly to you huh, huh You don't wanna hear the truth, so I'mma lie to you Make it sound fly to you, shit The nigga experience The nigga experience Has been stated, it was created The nigga experience