Code-Switching is a song that is sung by DeVon. It appears in A Very Special 9/11 Episode.
Lyrics[]
DeVon
(Verse)
As a black kid, you gotta learn this handy trick of social self-defense
You gotta switch up your speak and give your manner a tweak depending on the audience
I'll be Will Smith witty, or cool like Diddy or affable as you please
Cause when you're young and black, you develop a knack for putting the world at ease
(Chorus)
It's called code-switching
And I'm a master of the dial
I've got a different me for every situation
No matter black, white, old or young
I can tune in to your tongue
And nobody can tell which one's the real me, yeah
(Bridge)
For those timid white suburban moms I'm humble, saccharine-sweet
Just a skinny Kenan Thompson, ma'am, no need to cross the street
For older blacks, I'll dial it back, play the respectful grandson role
They don't care for rap or hip-hoppity crap so I'm warm as Motown soul
And I can charm the old-school Italian cats with a smile like Sammy Davis
But I always know that as soon as I go, they go straight back to stone-cold racist
(Chorus)
Code-switching
Got the whole world on my dial
And it's anybody's guess which one is me