Shouldn’t let ‘em know all the shit that you can takenThey’ll just shovel more of it right back in your facenNever show your tears don’t show them you’re afraidnBottle up your life so you never feel ashamednyou don’t try and you don’t carenBut you don’t wanna hang your old hat just anywherenyou fit in and you keep quiet and pretend thatnyou don’t know that there’s a black man in Simi Valley nneverybody runs everybody hidesnUsing everybody else’s problems as a way to disguisenWhat they really want - what they really neednFocus on your own maybe you will judge a little less of thingsnSimmer down now simmer down downnCircus rolled in and out and they don’t need another clownnWhatcha gonna do now you’re feeling left outnAre you gonna throw your stones at the black man in Simi ValleynnMaybe you’re a black man - Maybe you’re a white girlnMaybe you’re a gay boy - Living in a straight world.nMaybe I can see but I don’t wanna saynCuz you like it where you are - everything is oknand you don’t wanna know that there’s a black man in Simi ValleynnWho you gonna be whacha gonna say nwhen they come to tell you that you’re gonna have live this way.nWhat’s it gonna take. how you gonna get throughnWhen you’re standing all alone and it all comes back to you.nEither way – anyway – up and down - everydaynNothing new – nothing changed – you can’t handle nothing strangenWho you gonna sue – who you gonna unduenWhen you figure out there’s a black man in Simi ValleynnMaybe you’re a black man - Maybe you’re a white girlnMaybe you’re a gay boy - Living in a straight world.nMaybe you’re a diva – stuck paying with food stampsnMaybe you’re the next star – who never got your big chancennEverybody’s always in my way - Everybody’s needle’s in my vein…nEverybody’s always in my way so everybody maybe you can movennShouldn’t let ‘em see all the crap that you can takenThey’ll just shovel more of it back - back into your facenNever show your fears never own up to your mistakesnJust ignore your mind so you never feel the shamenyou don’t try and you don’t carenBut you don’t wanna hang your fat hat just anywherenSo you sit tight and you keep quiet and pretend that there’s notnn16 million black men – 100 million white girlsnAlmost a million gay boys - Living in the same world.n13 million diva’s – fighting over food stampsnand somewhere there’s a good guy – I hope he gets a fair chance.nMaybe I can see but I don’t wanna saynCuz you like it where you are - everything is oknAnd you don’t wanna know that there’s a black man in Simi Valley n n n n