Lyrics

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

CHORUS

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!!

REPEAT CHORUS

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!

REPEAT CHORUS

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!!

TAG LINE

JOIN WITH ME THIS WAR MUST BE WON
HUMAN DIGNITY FOR EVERYONE!!

Written by Joe Pickering, Jr. and Phil Coley