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tell.
Song Info
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Charts
#11,242 today
Peak #326
#1,083 in subgenre
Peak #29
Uploaded
February 02, 2019
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.9 MB • 128 kbps • 3:07
Lyrics
been of black skin since 02,
but never had another nigga that I spoke to,
never predicted the cliques that I would go through,
consisted of kids with differences in culture,
questions are vultures always come to pick apart identity,
like flesh from bones,
belonging ripped from myself the only remedy:
words of acceptance from a collective,
that are similar to me,
hard to swallow like a concoction of vinegar and cheap liquor,
I didn't see the the bigger picture,
death gon' reap quicker,
head knowledge of who I am:
dead in front of me,
rigor mortis,
mind has coitus,
when I wonder who I be,
thicker skin with slander cos i wanna be 'nigger',
wait, wait maybe not with a hard 'r',
dealt a bad hand? bitch I don't know what my cards are,
what you want? the way I walk you say I'm walking white?
say all of my syllables,
you scorn me for talking right,
speaking,
apologies,
pardon me,
pressure to fit in is,
bearing down hard on me,
the whitest black boy that you ever met,
niggas know it but I haven't got my medal yet,
same one who's a fuck 'act black' activist,
attacks a pack a imitators then acts black after it,
plasters on a black mask,
I'm chasing rap and fat ass,
facing massive backlash from myself cos of the vast lack of,
apathy,
towards conforming to my skin tone,
was never in no hood so I feel like I've never been home,
windows tinted 'posed to bring po' sprinting:
think i sling dope, killing,
but i still don't get it,
nigga.
was never in no hood I ain't gon' play pretend.
never had a strap tucked in my waistband,
never been strapped up in a case,
contraband never stacked up in the basement,
never had to plan what's on my plate,
what does it signify if my color and pigment dyed black?
hijack a whole culture,
that I have less than tenuous ties back to?
live action actor,
cinematic showcase of what niggas been attacking,
but it's imitative,
almost all dark skin niggas in my playlists,
only faced racists on television,
"but you're black" - congrats, you have stellar vision,
"but you say 'nigga'" - nigga that's a given,
truth is it's forced habit through repetition,
soaked myself in the culture, felt like a false prophet,
acted in the hope that some of the blood would rub off on me,
separated from the struggle but I have the same label,
raised in Caucasian suburbs so my roots are unstable,
never had to worry about police armed with pistols,
now the color of my skin feels artificial,
nigga.
