The multi-layered persona of Lil B can come across as complex, but only because it's so simple. Whether he's spitting bizarre brag raps (like his entire Hoop Life mixtape, which was about the rapper making it to the NBA) or reinventing himself as a dreadful rock star, Lil B's made a career out of not having a filter. Since being "based" means letting every idea out no matter what, that sometimes results in some touching sincerity.
The song "No Black Person Is Ugly" (from his forthcoming Ultimate Bitch mixtape) is a heart-on-sleeve rumination on race and identity in present-day America. While it's the same Lil B we know and love, there's nothing that could be confused with irony here — it's just a sweet, positive, uplifting rap song. It's the flip side to B's freaked-out similes and wacky non sequiturs, and a reminder that he's one of the most important rappers we've got.
Read the excellent, straightforward lyrics to "No Black Person Is Ugly" courtesy of The Fader, and watch Lil B's video for the song beow.
No black person is ugly
No black person is ugly
No black person is ugly
No black person is ugly
Make another dime a day, try to make it rhyme away
Sometime my skin is the reason I'm alive today
Bigger than just the race, no card, just the race
No smile, fix your face, we all livin in this place
Trying to make peace with the police
I'm not on probation so why you out asking me?
This is not just about black. I wonder 'bout black.
Can we talk about that? You wonder why I talk back
My English not perfect, I'm not the best at school
But understand I love life's rules
Homeless people they even give me money
I'm too real for the game, reflection of the fame
I got cash, I hide all the pain
They scaring black people, they won't say a thing
That drama is a shame
They want to kill you before they even know your name
Sunshine, sunshine, looking for the sunshine
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
Sunshine, sunshine, for the sunshine
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
I'm sort like a Panther, I'm silent like the underground
Dealing with the trials of life. How did we get here today?
Black beauty not showed in the media
I was told that you got a afro, or you got a big nose
That your lips are too big, you talking low
My people understand so why you don't know?
It's just communication, if we all sat down and got past the revelations
The future of the people, advancement, trying to take chances
The media, propaganda—it slanders the black beauty
I'm not stupid, I see it every day
They got shows like Jailbreak but won't help you get straight
I'm trying to see black on more magazines
Own the streets, the hoods that they claiming
Never been racist or understand if you want to try to change places
I seen the other side, I know that's amazing, life is amazing
They want you to work to enslave you
They try to trick you to think they made you
We all got a voice, stand up against violence if it's close to your home
Stand up against rape, no means no
Clean up the streets, you feel me?
And stop that beef
Hands up for peace on the streets
Sunshine, sunshine, looking for the sunshine
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
The song "No Black Person Is Ugly" (from his forthcoming Ultimate Bitch mixtape) is a heart-on-sleeve rumination on race and identity in present-day America. While it's the same Lil B we know and love, there's nothing that could be confused with irony here — it's just a sweet, positive, uplifting rap song. It's the flip side to B's freaked-out similes and wacky non sequiturs, and a reminder that he's one of the most important rappers we've got.
Read the excellent, straightforward lyrics to "No Black Person Is Ugly" courtesy of The Fader, and watch Lil B's video for the song beow.
No black person is ugly
No black person is ugly
No black person is ugly
No black person is ugly
Make another dime a day, try to make it rhyme away
Sometime my skin is the reason I'm alive today
Bigger than just the race, no card, just the race
No smile, fix your face, we all livin in this place
Trying to make peace with the police
I'm not on probation so why you out asking me?
This is not just about black. I wonder 'bout black.
Can we talk about that? You wonder why I talk back
My English not perfect, I'm not the best at school
But understand I love life's rules
Homeless people they even give me money
I'm too real for the game, reflection of the fame
I got cash, I hide all the pain
They scaring black people, they won't say a thing
That drama is a shame
They want to kill you before they even know your name
Sunshine, sunshine, looking for the sunshine
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
Sunshine, sunshine, for the sunshine
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
I'm sort like a Panther, I'm silent like the underground
Dealing with the trials of life. How did we get here today?
Black beauty not showed in the media
I was told that you got a afro, or you got a big nose
That your lips are too big, you talking low
My people understand so why you don't know?
It's just communication, if we all sat down and got past the revelations
The future of the people, advancement, trying to take chances
The media, propaganda—it slanders the black beauty
I'm not stupid, I see it every day
They got shows like Jailbreak but won't help you get straight
I'm trying to see black on more magazines
Own the streets, the hoods that they claiming
Never been racist or understand if you want to try to change places
I seen the other side, I know that's amazing, life is amazing
They want you to work to enslave you
They try to trick you to think they made you
We all got a voice, stand up against violence if it's close to your home
Stand up against rape, no means no
Clean up the streets, you feel me?
And stop that beef
Hands up for peace on the streets
Sunshine, sunshine, looking for the sunshine
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
No black person is ugly, don't say it one time
