KINGFISH: MMMM YEAH! YOU KNOW ANDY, IT JUST RECURRED TO ME BEING HOW ME AND YOU IS GREAT ART LOVERS, THIS IS A VISION THAT WE SHOULD GIVE TO THE WORLD.

ANDY: YEAH, WELL AH, HOW MUCH WE GOTTA GET?

KINGFISH: ALL THAT WE GONNA GET IS A MEASLY 50% OF THE BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS.

ANDY: 50% OF THE RECEIPTS. BUT I THOUGHT WE WAS DOING THIS `CAUSE WE IS ART LOVERS.

KINGFISH: OH YEAH, ANDY BUT AIN'T A ART LOVER IN TOWN THAT GET'S LESS THAN 50%. YOU SEE, THAT'S THE STANDARD RATE FOR ART LOVING.

ANDY: BUT I THOUGHT WE WAS DOING THIS `CAUSE WE IS ART LOVERS.

WHAT WILL WE DO TO BECOME FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' ANDY? WHAT WILL WE DO TO BECOME FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' 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 BE BRAND NAME NEGROES. WE LEARN TO LAUGH TO AVOID BEING ANGRY. AND 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.

BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' ANDY? WHAT MUST WE DO TO BECOME FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' 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 ASTOUNDED, 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. WE'RE WARNED OF OUR IMPURITIES, AFRAID OF INSECURITIES. REAL LIFE EXPERTS OF THE ARTIFICIAL. ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS HAVE BECOME THE MINSTRELS ON COMMERCIALS.

WHAT DID WE DO TO BECOME FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' ANDY? WHAT WILL WE DO WHEN WE'RE FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' ANDY?

ANDY: BUT I THOUGHT WE WAS DOING THIS `CAUSE WE IS ART LOVERS.

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 STEREOTYPES. 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 OF GROUPS YOU WILL FIND THAT WHEN YOU STRAY FROM THE DOCTRINE, YOU'LL SEE HARD TIMES.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO BECOME FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' ANDY? WHAT WON'T WE DO TO BECOME FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' ANDY?

BEING KICKED IN THE CLOSED 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. WHEN 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. THEN 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; THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH. THEN ISOLATION; WAS THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH.

MY POCKETS SO EMPTY I CAN FEEL MY TESTICLES. `CAUSE I SPENT ALL MY MONEY ON SOME PLASTIC AFRICAN NECKLACES. AND I STILL DON'T DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COLORS MEAN. . . .RED, BLACK AND GREEN.

WHAT DID WE DO TO BECOME FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' ANDY? WHAT WILL WE DO WHEN WE'RE FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' ANDY?

WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO BECOME FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' ANDY? WHAT DON'T WE DO TO BECOME FAMOUS AND DANDY, JUST LIKE AMOS `N' ANDY?

Based on the song by MICHAEL FRANTI (DISPOSABLE HEROES OF HIPHOPRISY - "HYPOCRISY IS THE GREATEST LUXURY")

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