Pollywanacraka

[Intro]

Polly, Polly (Aw, yeah)

Polly, Polly (Alright)

Gotta start to tell you all about a neighborhood I know

A situation you might find interesting, listen up

[Verse 1]

She wants a lover right now

But not no brother

Her man gotta have a lot of money

To get under her cover

Now, she's a fine sister

But up here, she's missin' it

She says she wanna learn about life

Not old Black bullshit

And at the age of fifteen, a brother gave her a baby

She's nineteen now and it drove her crazy

That's why every time she turns around

All the people in the neighborhood look and get mad and sing

[Chorus]

Polly, Polly (Polly wanna)

Polly, Polly (Uh-huh)

Polly (Come on), Polly (Polly wanna)

Polly, Polly (That's what they sing)

[Interlude]

Yo, yo, what's up, baby? A brother like me can't kick it to a sister like you?

Hold up, hold up, no, a brother like you cannot kick it to me

Why? Why? Why? You fly and all that now? Let me tell you somethin'

The only thing a brother like you can do is pay my rent

Let me tell you somethin', this is a Black thing here

You gon' understand it's a Black thing

Go ahead on by yourself and get a life

Yeah, yo, yo, I got a life, baby, let me tell you somethin', I'm large, you know what I'm sayin'?

It's my prerogative and I do what I wanna

Yeah, right, I can do what you gon' do 'cause I'm large here, you know what I'm sayin'? (Oh)

I'm kickin' it on the block (Sure you are)

Polly wanna

Y'all listen up

[Verse 2]

Meet Mr. Successful, I guess he is blessed, yeah

But he happens to be a brother who only wants blue eyes and blonde hair

Now this young mister, he don't like sisters

He could not find that special one, we know why he missed her

He says sisters wasn't good enough

They only wanted his green stuff

That's why every time he turned around

All the people in the neighborhood looked and got mad and sang

[Chorus]

Polly (Yeah), Polly (Polly wanna)

Polly (Mm), Polly

Polly, Polly (No snack for the Black)

Polly (Come on now, Polly wanna), Polly

That's what they sing

[Interlude]

Why is it every time you brothers make it up there, you leave us sisters out in the cold?

I'm not leavin' you sisters out in the cold, I love my Black sisters, I just need somebody that match my personality (That's bullshit, are you embarrassed of us?)

I'm not embarrassed, I need somebody that matches my personality, that goes where I go (What do you mean matches?)

I need somebody with a BMW, a CPA, and a condo like me (I don't think you be goin' into the community)

I need somebody that goes where I go, that hangs out in the hedge rooms and understands board meetings (That's bullshit) I need somebody fine

[Verse 3]

I try to tell my people there should not be any hatred

For a brother or a sister whose opposite race they've mated

'Cause no man is God, and God put us all here, yeah

But this system has no wisdom, the devil split us in pairs

And taught us white is good, the Black is bad

And Black and white is still too bad

That's why every time I turn around

All the people in my neighborhood look and get mad and sing

[Chorus]

Polly (Mm-mm), Polly (Polly wanna)

Polly, Polly (I don't know)

Polly, Polly (Polly wanna)

Polly, Polly (Lord have mercy)

[Outro]

Polly, Polly, Polly (Peace be upon us)

Polly, Polly, Polly, Polly (Polly wanna, and you and you too)

Polly, Polly, Polly, Polly

Polly, Polly

Get it together