if i took away your language and your drum and taught you to be ashamed of where you come from tell me now how would you feel how would you feel if i locked you up for a 100 years or more sold your children off like candy in a store come on now lets keep it real lets keep it real if i made fun of your accent when you talk but in the video your dialect i caught come on now lets keep it real lets keep it real if i pat you on your head like youre a pet then i get surprised when you get all upset come on now how would you feel how would you feel if i told you now that my best friend is black see would you trust me more than you did 2 seconds back come on now lets keep it real please keep it real i forgive all of your ignorance of this but my forgiveness does not let you off the hook reparations is the next song on my list 