"As I walk the streets of Hollywood Boulevard/Thinkin' how hard it was to those that starred/ In the movies portrayin' the roles, of butlers and maids, slaves and hoes/Many intelligent Black men seemed, to look uncivilized when on the screen/Like a guess, I figure you to play some jigaboo/On the plantation, what else can a nigger do?/And Black women in this profession/As for playin' a lawyer, out of the question/For what they play, Aunt Jemima is the perfect term/Even if now she got a perm/So let's make our own movies like Spike Lee, cause the roles being offered don't strike me/There's nothing that the Black man could use to earn/Burn Hollywood burn"
-Big Daddy Kane, "Burn Hollywood Burn"
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