I'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
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!!
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!
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!!
JOIN WITH ME THIS WAR
MUST BE WON
HUMAN DIGNITY FOR
EVERYONE!!
Written by Joe Pickering, Jr. and Phil Coley
Joe Pickering Jr
King of the Road Music
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