Black as Pepto Bismol

When you’re young, desperate for fame and black

you’ll play diarrhea in a Pepto Bismol commercial.

Don’t do that black face, boy.

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When you have Michael Jackson fame

You’ll fly in a plane filled with little boys and toys.

Don’t do that black face, nigga.

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When you’re rich and black living the R. Kelly life

you’ll want a harem of under age booty.

Don’t do that black face, coon.

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When you’re Bill Cosby old and black

you’ll drug the ladies for a lay.

Don’t do that black face, pudding boy.

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When you’re Ralph Northam white

you’ll shoeshine your face and pose with a KKK.

Don’t do that black face, honky.

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When you’re Stacey Adams smart and black

you’ll want to legislate, be a credit to your race.

Do that black face, girl.

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When you’re radically bespectacled Spike Lee black

you’ll want to Do the Right Thing.

Do that black face, man.

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When you’re LeBron James tall and black

you’ll want to dunk the world.

Be that black face, basketball superhero.

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When you’re Muhammad Ali gifted and black,

you’ll want to be a floating beautiful bee sting.

Do that black face, and be praised.

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When you’re Rosa Parks and MLK visionary black

you’ll want to spread the Dream, take a stand.

Do that black face, everyone.