I hit him with a piece of his philosophy Anglo-Saxon mocking his type of greed What did he do to deserve such hate (He tried to) intellectualize my blackness He tried to summarize, to institutionalize Still I could recognize, he was materialized He tried to intellectualize my blackness To make it easier for his whiteness He tried to intellectualize my blackness, oh save me Save me He's always tryin' to make up for his little quips The joke about the nigga and the yellow nip Then he tells me I'm so different from those other shits (When he tries to) intellectualize my blackness He tried to summarize, to institutionalize Still I could recognize, he was materialized He tried to intellectualize my blackness To make it easier for his whiteness He tried to intellectualize my blackness, oh save me Save me Mother, mother don't you lecture-rise me Don't you ever try to lecturize me Mother mother don't you lecture-rise me Oh No He tried to intellectualize my blackness To make it easier for his whiteness He tried to intellectualize my blackness, oh save me Save me He tried to intellectualize my blackness To make it easier for his whiteness He tried to intellectualize my blackness, oh save me Save me Intellectualise me Intelectualise me Intelectualise me Save me Save me Save me (He tried to intellectualize my blackness) (To make it easier for his whiteness) (He tried to intellectualize my blackness, oh save me) (Save me)