fellas i m ready to get up and do my thing i wanna get into it man you know like i you know i m the man don t you can i count it off 1 2 3 4 i m groovin for the activists and graduates i m an advocate for those feeling abandonment in the favelas and slums the ghetto inhabitants it s like can anything good come outta nazareth the only thing good came outta nazareth yeah i m schooled in the ways of runaway slaves i m brave i m unchained i m frederick douglass with a fade i kidnapped greatness and left no ransom i m the grandson of muhammed ali but more handsome the soul of cab calloway without dancing call me eve before i show my fruit let me get at em picking up the pieces in a world that s fallen they imprisoned by ignorance i m begging your pardon i m charming i am george washington carver in a garden with some soul food but some prefer starving the lp is sold out yeah i m missing the bargain the industry is walmart they missing the target suited for success bow ties and top hats if greatness had a score this is the soundtrack oh lord oh lord oh lord oh lord come on now i m a man ain t i i m a man ain t i i will not keep on losing imma keep on grooving i m a man ain t i i m a man ain t i i will not keep on losing the finish line keeps on moving i m grooving for a coltrane and athanasius bonhoeffer in harlem now you speaking my language i m contagious educated and dangerous if you ve never seen a frown you ll never love a smile only insecure boys stay fighting for a crown you never been a servant then you ll never be a king woke up in 2015 like you ve never had a dream bad schools bad food bad predatory lenders bad debt no investment just mandatory spenders on spinners on spinners need something on spinners churches ain t saving they just decorating sinners when the liquor store is your neighbor you ll probably grow up a drunk when the courts keep you from court you ll probably learn to dunk they took the cheese and they put it in the trap i got a gift from the lord so maybe i should rap yeah i know poor is a state of mind huh and i m tryna cross the border line in due time you gon learn to love me no matter what you do you can t take the groove from me  i m a man ain t i i m a man ain t i yeah i m a man ain t i i m a man ain t i i ll keep on moving i ll keep on if you wanna be oh lord oh lord oh lord oh lord2