I Am I Be - De La Soul

Verse 1 
I am Posdnous 
I be the new generation of slaves 
here to make papes to buy a record exec rakes 
the pile of revenue I create 
But I guess I don't get a cut cuz my rent's a month late 
Product of a North Carolina cat 
who scratched the back of a pretty woman named Hattie 
Who departed life just a little too soon 
and didn't see me grab the Plug Tune fame 
As we go a little somethin' like this 
look ma, no protection 
Now I got a daughter named Ayana Monay 
And I can play the cowboy to rustle in the dough 
so the scenery is healthy where her eyes lay 
I am an early bird but the feathers are black 
so the apples that I catch are usually all worms 
But it's a must to decipher one's queen 
from a worm who plays groupie and spread around the bad germ 
I cherish the twilight 
I maximize, my soul is the right size 
I watch for the power to run out on the moon 
(And that'll be sometime soon) 
Faker than a fist of kids 
speakin that they're black 
When they're just niggas trying to be Greek 
Or some tongues who lied 
and said "We'll be natives to the end" 
Nowadays we don't even speak 
I guess we got our own life to live 
Or is it because we want our own kingdom to rule? 
Every now and then I step to the now 
for now I see back then I might have acted like a fool 
Now I won't apologize for it 
This is not a bunch of Bradys 
but a bunch of black man's pride 
Yet I can safely say 
I've never played a sister by touching where her private parts reside 
I've always walked the right side of the road 
If I wasn't making song I wouldn't be a thug selling drugs 
But a man with a plan 
and if I was a rug c