I'm Not Your Mascot, I'm a Man |
LyricsI'M NOT YOUR MASCOT (I'M A MAN)SOME SPORTS NAMES ACROSS THIS NATION ARE WELL BEYOND AN ABOMINATION MY PEOPLE'S HERITAGE IS THROWN TO THE WINDS WHEN TEAMS SPORT NAMES SUCH AS REDSKINS CHORUS YOU WHO HAVE TAKEN AWAY MY LAND JOIN WITH ME TO TAKE A STAND I'M NOT YOUR MASCOT I'M A MAN! I'M NOT YOUR MASCOT I'M A MAN! YOU WHO MAKE MONEY BY CASTING ASIDE ALL THE DREAMS MY PEOPLE HAVE INSIDE YOU SOW SEEDS OF CULTURAL GENOCIDE OUR HUMANITY SHOULD NOT BE DENIED PLEASE DON'T STEAL FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY THEN, DISGUISE IT AS SOMETHING FUNNY STOP THIS WAR ON MY DIGNITY I NEED TO BE TRULY FREE!! REPEAT CHORUS I'M NOT YOUR CARTOON I?M NOT YOUR CHIEF IT'S MY HERITAGE DON'T BE A THIEF SPORTS FANS WHEN YOU DO THE TOMAHAWK CHOP THE HEADS OF NATIVE AMERICANS DROP IT'S SIMPLE TO STOP THE TOMAHAWK CHOP JUST SAY NO AND STOP! STOP! STOP! EVERY WAR HOOP AND CHANT YOU MAKE MAKES MY PEOPLE'S HEARTACHE! REPEAT CHORUS BE BRAVER THAN BRAVE SPEAK UP IT'S WRONG TO MAKE FUN OF OTHERS IN SPEECH AND SONG DON'T BUY WHAT CHEAPENS BOTH ME AND YOU BE TRUE TO YOURSELF AND DUMP CHIEF WAHOO!! TAG LINE JOIN WITH ME THIS WAR MUST BE WON HUMAN DIGNITY FOR EVERYONE!! Written by Joe Pickering, Jr. and Phil Coley |
| Song Length: 3:49 |
| Primary Genre: Country-Contemporary |
| Secondary Genre: - |