Do you know what you are?

You are what you is

You is what you am

(A cow don't make ham...)

You ain't what you're not

So see what you got

You are what you is

An' that's all it 'tis

A foolish young man

From a middle class fam'ly

Started singin' the blues

'Cause he thought it was manly

Now he talks like the Kingfish

("Saffiiiee!")

From Amos 'n Andy

("Holy mack'l dere. . .Holy mack'l dere")

He tells you that chitlins. . .

Well, they taste just like candy

He thinks that he's got

De whole thang down

From the Nivea Lotion To de Royal Crown

Do you know what you are?

You are what you is

You is what you am

(A cow don't make ham. . .)

You ain't what you're not

So see what you got

You are what you is

An' that's all it 'tis

A foolish young man

Of the Negro Persuasion

Devoted his life

To become a Caucasian

He stopped eating pork

He stopped eating greens

He traded his dashiki

("Uhuru!")

For some Jordache Jeans

He learned to play golf

An' he got a good score

Now he says to himself

"I AIN'T NO NIGGER NO MORE.

HEY! HEY!

"I don't understand you. . ."

BWANA MA-COO-BAH"

Would you please speak more clearly..."

MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ

Who is who

(I don't know...)

'N what is what

(Somethin' I just don't know...)

'N why is this

(Tell me now...)

Appropriot

(That's a funny pronunciation if 'n ever I heard one...)

If you don't like

(Where'd you get that word?)

What you has got

(Appropriot? The word is not...)

Drop it in the dirt

(Drop it yeah. . .)

'N let it rot

(I can smel