Famous And Dandy (Like Amos 'n' Andy)

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Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy were an American hip-hop musical ensemble, active during the early 1990s. The band was formed in 1990 by Michael Franti (vocals, production, misc. instruments) and Rono Tse (drums, percussion, programming), who had worked together in The Beatnigs. They released two albums, the critically acclaimed Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury in 1992, and Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales (with William S. Burroughs) in 1993. Their first live performance was on August 23, 1991 at the Kennel Club in San Francisco.The group was associated with contemporary bands, including House of Pain and Pop Will Eat Itself. They also were somewhat reminiscent of Gil Scott-Heron due to the half-spoken vocal styles of Franti and the up-front political mess… more »

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What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy

What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy



It's quite a spectacle to see us land

In waste receptacles as if we've planned it

We're never skeptical when we get branded

Then disrespectful 'cause we feel abandoned



The height of mediocrity is the challenge

Crawling through the entrails of imbalance

We learn to like to be the heroes

We learn to lie to the brand name Negroes



We learn to laugh to avoid being angry

We learn to kill and learn to go hungry

We learn not to feel, for protection

And we learn to flaunt when we get an erection



What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy

What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy



We're born believing we're greater than circumstance

Infinitely stronger than chance as our first breath is handed

We taste the double standard, the need to wear the mask

And with society's nurturing, the psychic plastic surgery



Begins to take effect as our souls watch astound

Our characters flounder, duplicitous identity

Diction and contradiction have become the skills of assimilation

Razor honed to perfection from the moment of creation



It's gone from identity crisis to survival slingshot to rifle

Sin to revival, try to get looked at but not poked in the eyeball

Warned of our impurities, afraid of insecurities

Real life experts of the artificial, athletes and entertainers

Have become the minstrels on commercials



What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy

What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy



On screen or off we can be rented to perform any feat

And we reflect the images presented by the media's elite

Positive or negative attention is viewed as success

U.S.D.A. African American Beef is seen as progress



We never ask ourselves too many questions

Too much truth in introspection

Maintain the regimentation and avoid self-degradation

We act out all the stereo types, try to use them as decoy



And we become shining examples

Of the system we set out to destroy

'Cause even in the most radical groups you will find

That when you stray from the doctrine, you'll see hard times



What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy

What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy



Being kicked in the mouth or smiling with no teeth

They're both choices, yes, but it's impossible to eat

Uneducated, underdeveloped, undisciplined but mostly unaware

We join the flavor of the month club



We swallow the flavor of the month

Well, holding our crotch was the flavor of the month

Bitch this bitch that was the flavor of the month

Being a thug was the flavor of the month



Then no to drugs was the flavor of the month

Kangol was the flavor of the month

Rope gold was the flavor of the month

Adidas shoes was the flavor of the month



Then bashing Jews was the flavor of the month

Gentrification was the flavor of the month

Isolation was the flavor of the month



My pockets are so empty, I can feel my testicles

'Cause I spent all my money on some plastic African necklaces

And I still don't know what the colors mean

Red, black and green



What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy

What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy



What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy

What will we do to become famous and dandy

Just like Amos and Andy

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