Today I felt a switch in my vein Today I felt a
switch in my vein Used to be a shadow Now a shadow scream
my name And in the daylight
I could swear We’re the same But I’m just an
ordinary human (Ordinary ways) I’m just an
ordinary human But I don’t feel so
ordinary today I’m just a picture
perfect nothing Sometimes I medicate I’ll be a picture
perfect human Before the sun goes
down today
Saturday
morning jumped out of bed
And put on my best suit
Got in my car and raced like a jet
All the way to you
Knocked on your door with heart in my hand
To ask you a question
'Cause I know that you're an old-fashioned man,
yeah
Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life?
Say yes, say yes 'cause I need to know
You say I'll never get your blessing 'til the day
I die
Tough luck, my friend, but the answer is 'No'
Why you gotta be so rude?
Don't you know I'm human too?
Why you gotta be so rude?
I'm gonna marry her anyway
Marry that girl
Marry her anyway
Marry that girl
Yeah, no matter what you say
Marry that girl
And we'll be a family
Why you gotta be so
Rude
Bass: The law says you have the right to
hold a nigger, but begging the law's pardon... it lies. Is everything right
because the law allows it? Suppose they'd pass a law taking away your liberty
and making you a slave?
Edwin Epps: Ha!
Bass: Suppose!
Edwin Epps: That ain’t a supposable case.
Bass: Because the law states that your
liberties are undeniable? Because society deems it so? Laws change. Social
systems crumble. Universal truths are constant. It is a fact, it is a plain
fact that what is true and right is true and right for all. White and black
alike.