Lyrics XV – Doo Rag

Yeah, J Dilla

Hook:
You see this doo rag?
It represents everything I do bad

Verse 1:
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 2:
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

Hook:
You see this doo rag?
It represents everything we do bad

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