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anees & thanks joey & el bles - brown kid lyrics

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i’m the brown kid
living in white america

my skin ain’t fair
but if you care
you’ll judge me on my character

the brown kid
living in white america

the shame is
i expect to be affected
by xenophobic criteria

the brown kid
living in white america

my doppelgänger
featured in the news
usually causes mass hysteria

brown kid
in white america

not easy as that seems
it’s no extremes
but it’s everything in between
who’s willing to foot the bill
for my american dream
nuance gets lost
that’s the cost of how we talk in extremes

black and white havoc
is the static of my darkest of dreams
false dichotomies often mean
that i get lost in between

see i’m the
middle ground, middle child
i get left undiscussed

radiant shade of grey
but i get left off the brush
the brown sheep
though i’ve been walking
the midst of the white flock

wrong piece
though i’ve been trynna
tick to the right clock

5th generation
still look brown from outta town
my proper noun is my crown
but the blood still drowns down
that big screen ain’t ever seemed
like a mirror to me
cause brown ain’t the color of fame
and that’s just as clear as can be

but i never chose these circumstances
that was part of my hand
and my grandfather left everything
to give me a chance

he left me with roots that i don’t feel
until i’m trimming my weeds
i feel like i gotta pick a side
like it’s only extremes

but i’m not black
and i’m not white
see i’m that coffee with cream

i’m the face of the race displaced
and i’m caught in the in+between
i want acceptance
but i’m two hues too far from the mean

white according to that law
but i feel as far as can be
cause i get the worst of both worlds
you see, i’m white on the pages
but a tsa agent would never claim it

i get impatient when i see them eyes linger
can somebody please explain
how i get treated like the other
but somehow i’m still “caucasian”

like… man i’m a good dude
it’s just a skin tone
if being brown is the problem
i’ve always been wrong

and if that keeps me from my dreams
let it be, then they been gone
but being proud of who i am
that’s not something i skimp on

see i’m the brown kid
in white america

ooo that’s not as easy as it seems
no, it’s never been
forever been the brown kid
in white america

ooo that’s not as easy as it seems
no, it’s never been
forever been the
brown kid living mischaracterized

sometimes i feel
i gotta prove i’ve been americanized
gotta see my homeland
through american eyes

but i refuse to lose my roots
that’s where my character lies

i’m a later iteration of american dreaming
and i’ve been fiending for a reason
why i can’t be on screen
and it seems that i’m not a piece of the
puzzle that they been scheming
i don’t market well enough
this shade is never in season

unless i play a role that
brings stereotypes to life
if i mortgage my ethnic soul
they’ll carry my life to heights

bury my rights tonight
and live very alike the white
then there’s a small chance
in the right circumstance
that i’ll be alright

but still the brown kid
in white america

ooo that’s not as easy as it seems
no it’s never been
forever been the brown kid
in white america

ooo that’s not as easy as it seems
no it’s never been
forever been the brown kid
in white america

i’m aware that my skin ain’t fair
but if you care
you’ll judge me on my character

the brown kid
in white america

the shame is i expect to be affected
by xenophobic criteria

the brown kid
in white america

my doppelgänger featured in the news
usually causes mass hysteria

brown kid
in white america

not as easy as that seems
it’s no extremes
but it’s everything in between

when you’re the
brown kid in white america

- anees thanks joey el bles lyrics

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