Damn I Wish I Was A Nigger by David Allan Coe
if i was a nigger...i could drive a cadillac with class
my pocket stuffed with welfare checks, and i could sit
on my big black ass
now you take a nigger, he aint nobody's fool, he
doesn't buy any gasoline to drive his kids to school
damn i wish i was a nigger
our government has gone crazy, id change things if i
could
if i was only a nigger, i could afford to live in a
white neighborhood
oh the things that i could do, if i was black and hell
bent
i could send my kids to college, and it wouldn't cost
me one damn cent
damn i wish i was a nigger
the wife and i were down on our luck, we were really
getting uptight
they said at the welfare office, you aint black you're
white
oh how I've tried to get a job, a diploma i had with
pride
the post office man laughed and said youre not dark
enough to even qualify
damn i wish i was a nigger
i took a civil service exam, and passed it without
shame
a nigger took one next to me, and he couldnt even write
his own name
the nigger, he got the job, now he's government top ?
prass?
he couldn't qualify for a trash truck, I'm out on the
street on my ass
damn i wish i was a nigger
if i was a Jesse Jackson, id be nobody's slob
wearin $500.00 dollar suits, that nigger hasn't even
got a job
if i was Jackson Brown, i could sit back and relax
and if elected president, could paint the white house
black
damn i wish i was a nigger
if i was a jig-a-boo, i could find me my roots
with a afro big as a watermelon, and a pair of white
disco boots
if i was only dark complexioned, i could stand tall in
this life
i could eat high off the hog, just me and my white wife
damn i wish i was a nigger
things are supposed to be segregated, but things are a
little off key
I've never seen a white man, head...of the NAACP
it aint that i don't like a nigger, if I've rubbed you
wrong by chance
take a look at that mistletoe, hanging on the seat of
my pants
damn i wish i was a nigger
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