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From the Hip Hop Play about a biracial student stuck in detention after a schoolwide race riot.

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100%?/ 100%?/
Ain’t nothin’ in this world that’s 100%
It would be effortless to give 100%
’Cuz everything’s nothin’/ Fucked up/ Isn’t it?

I only use 10% of my brain/
I guess if I was smarter I could better explain/
The strain of the plain who crave to be perfect/
A glacier underwater yearning for surface/
But is it worth it?/ Maybe it’s why I’m half assed/
In class I only need a 65 to pass/
But if I shot that from 3/ I’d be the number one draft/
With a lump sum of cash/ On some "who needs math?"/
At a glance/ If my record goes platinum/
Less than one percent of America owns my album/
How come/ So few of us that live affordably?/
And you wonder why I got a problem with authority/
It’s ‘cuz I’m a minority/ And the government ain’t supporting me/
Maybe statistics will elicit more from me/
Nearly 30% of Black males see jail/
While White folks make up 55% of welfare/

100%?/ 100%?/
Ain’t nothin’ in this world that’s 100%
It would be effortless to give 100%
’Cuz everything’s nothin’/ Fucked up/ Isn’t it?

Pure/ Unadulterated is a myth/
It’s like the perfect world in Plato’s book The Republic/
It only exists in a higher consciousness/
And everything on earth is just a big ol’ mix/
On average/ 20% percent of Blacks is white as snow/
So we kinfolk ‘cuz grandma got poked?/
Even still it was ’65 before grandma could vote/
And 60% of youth consider voting a joke/
We vote on cell phones for our favorite show/
And are led to believe the common Joe’s in control/
Uh no/ Half a you don’t know what you want/
The other half is too scared to speak so they front/
Just once/ In my life/ I’d like to be one in a million/
But it takes a large percent to turn a villain to a pilgrim/
I’m chillin’/ I got my calculator built in/
If I only reach one of you people/ I can still win/

100%?/ 100%?/
Ain’t nothin’ in this world that’s 100%
It would be effortless to give 100%
’Cuz everything’s nothin’/ Fucked up/ Isn’t it?

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from Square Peg Syndrome, released November 1, 2009
Words by Dyalekt. More words by brokeMC. Beat by Domer. Recorded, mixed, & mastered at Asterisk Art Project by brokeMC.

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Dyalekt Brooklyn, New York

MC, theaterer, & educator for 20 years. At Pockets Change he uses hip-hop pedagogy to demystify personal finance and help students' relationships with money. He’s rocked everywhere from conferences like AFCPE and SLA, to stages like Bowery Ballroom and the OSF,, to keynotes at Harvard. He co-hosts the Brunch & Budget podcast, which discusses personal finance and racial economic inclusion ... more

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