Doo Rag

Yeah, J Dilla

[Hook]:

You see this doo rag?

It represents everything I do bad

[Verse One]:

It represents the gang member shot up on the front page news ad (damn)

It's too bad

He wore a doo rag

So now when I wanna get my waves, people ask me if I'm in some gang

No I don't hustle

Maybe you would understand my struggle if I wore a noose instead of this chain

It's sad that I can't just be me

Without you stereotyping me like an MP3

I don't care if you are Kunta

Or Martin Luther King or even B.E.T., you can't get me free

So with this simple piece of black cloth

Laying down my hair like grease, I'm mad lost (I don't get it)

How did this become a symbol of a black man out to do another man harm

[Hook]:

You see this doo rag?

It represents everything I do bad

It's real talk

[Verse Two]:

This black woman told me take off my rag

Cause I look like a hood, well that's too bad

Cause that's too simple for me

How the hell you justify a black cloth as a symbol of me

Your snake belly comments are that low

The same thing was said when the Black Panthers rocked afros

If it's a black thing

Or a hood thing

It's not viewed as a good thing and that's known

[Hook]:

You see this doo rag?

It represents everything we do bad

Yeah. J-Dilla. Rest in Peace. Remember. Forever. Thanks for the Donuts