Track 12 from Puerto Rican Posse album

Lyrics

Do you know what it's like to be beat and left to die mercilessly? Do you know what it's like to be in a world spelled out in black and white, and be somewhere in between? Do you know what it's like to be hit, kicked and spat on mercilessly? Were you ever dragged around by your jacket on the playground, hitting the bumps with your face?

When the white people say you're too black, and the black people say you're too white, and the Spanish speakers say you can't speak good enough, where does that leave you?

Tell me, can you dig what I'm saying to you? Tell me, oh, tell me, can you dig it? Do you hear what I say to you? Tell me, oh, tell me, can you dig it?

Do you know what it's like to be looked down on by all races equally? Can this world even begin to accept those with multiple race and ethnicity? All of you say it's dumb for me to feel sympathy for what you suffer through daily. Well, I feel no sympathy for you, I feel empathy. No sympathy, but empathy.

When the white people say you're too black, and the black people say you're too white, and the Spanish speakers say you can't speak good enough, who can you turn to?

Tell me, can you dig what I'm saying to you? Tell me, oh, tell me, can you dig it? Do you hear what I say to you? Tell me, oh, tell me, can you dig it?...