Hate yourself before hating me
Hate yourself before hating me

Don't hate on this hybrid me, do I scare you with my one million and one possibilities
I'm like a rainbow with so many colors more than you can dissect in each other
Man I'm confused by your withdrawal, racist words you hate most of all
Cause if I recall you can't even search for me bringing religions and technology to a land I once called free
You used all them migos to build your dream and your power went so far to your head you decided to taste them and see
But did you realize one day there might ever be a me?

Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so him and her
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so you and me
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so him and her
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so you and me
Who am I

Man I'm confused by your withdrawal, racist words you hate most of all
Centuries of oppression you fight to be free, you fought for what we call equality
The right to vote, to shop to live free, you fought for the basic needs
And yet one day even the white man found you so pretty
That you and he may love but what of those babies?
I am the living proof of your dream of the world that is to you free
You hated being slaved but now I'm being hunted?
So is the color of my skin that disgusting, that I'm worth less than your tie-dyed torn-up jeans?

(Who am I)
(Who am I)
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so him and her
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so you and me
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so him and her
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so you and me
Who am I?

So call me at half-past black, white, caramel-coated hybrid of the night
I really don't care cause your slander won't kill me
I finally figured it out, you can't live peacefully, you need to hate and you need to fight and your own blood is good enough to dislike
I guess I should feel lucky I can glide, fly, jump to any side cause I am all over you and you are all in me
So then next time you want to hate, spit, try to destroy what I stand for, know that you're taking yourself down with me
Hate yourself before hating me
Hate yourself before hating me

Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so him and her
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so you and me
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so him and her
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so you and me
Who am I

I won't be a slave in my grave
Don't you know it's all a shame
Can't you see we're all the same, black mother
White father
White mother, black father
Africa, America
Girl don't you see we're the same
Just because my skins a little different color
Doesn't mean that we're not from the same mother
Africa, America
Help me, can't you see we're the same?
Who am I

Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so him and her
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so you and me
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so him and her
Who am I, tell me who am I, I will be so you and me
Who am I