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dicypha - #notyourmascot lyrics

[intro]
with all due respect
i am not a native american
nor do i know if im related
and im not gonna claim it
i just want to speak these facts
and bring something to attention
natives been mistreated for years on end
im just trying to tell your story
without any offence
so let me begin

[verse 1]
now, with all disrespect
i dont really like some of you white folks
thats just the way i feel
yall think the native genocide was a hoax
you wanna prove history wasn’t real
you tryna capitalize off our skin color
always tryna keep our race under a collar
treating us like animals that need to be tamed
we protested in peace, said we still disobeyed
and how you gon tell us to get our priorities straight
really? have u seen our d-mn unemployment rate
poverty and drug abuse is just something we face
we struggle to strive and survive everyday
sometimes we wish this was just a d-mn phase
but then reality strikes like a slap to the face
have u heard of the jason pero case
he was only 14 and already in bad shape
called the cops on himself, he wasn’t thinkin straight
he was helpless with a d-mn knife to his face
his mother warned yall of his mentality state
yall were only a couple feet away
but yall thought it wasn’t enough sp-ce
decided to shoot him twice in the chest
now youve taken the life of a young boy away
yall really think that decision was the best
you think shooting everybody would be okay
the two cops walked away with no arraignment
while this family is left with so much pain and
thats just one of the many stories
please remeber their faces
thanks to all the people who actually cared
especially those celebs who never gave up
did something, chose not to just sit and stare
decided to stay, not just one day and done
nature is irreplacable and our water is life
what youre doing to our people isnt right

f-ck you dan snyder
i really didn’t want to curse
you truly dont care how many people you hurt
its not only natives
but everyone around the world
you bribe our people with money
to show your team support
you want to make your image look good
but you dont even care for the sport
and since you dont want to change the team name
if i offended you would it feel the same
i could really call u a greedy kike [reverse]
but, im not gonna say it, cus i know it ain’t right
we could send threats to your kids and your wife
so you could feel what our everyday is like
but we have a power stronger than anyone else
we couldve burn the world down for all the pain that we’ve dealt
but, we have a sacred respect for earth like n0body else
our love for our earth is deeper than the rage that we felt
so apparently yall not some racists
advertising a team with our native faces
yall be making millions on the daily basis
while we slave ourself, every day & night shift
you think problems will be solved by giving us reparations
we brutalized by police cus of our different races
we face everyday being disrespected
our ancestors had to face the unexpected
you blamed it on our people
when all your intentions were evil
blame it on native americans
go ahead and show your arrogance
we earned it, while you inherited it
you never had to worry about sh-t
you say its just a word and its just entertainment
but you dont know what youre really saying
see when you say redskin [reverse]
their is a double meaning under
we never say it cus
we know the true meaning of it
you know it means the k!lling of a native
the act of cutting the scalp off for a payment
i ain’t saying were innocent
we scalped our enemies militants
but yall did it to make some quick cents
and gave our heads to the king as a d-mn present
morally that wasn’t okay
but yall only really cared about getting your pay
scalped our women and children
that when it gets to me
you tried to erase our entire existence from history
yall use this word like its nothing
and thats was irratating
even though you didn’t attack me physically
im still affected by our history
we still suffer so much mentally
our ancestors were forced into slavery
and that sh-t gets to me
everytime you say the word, you use it so blatantly
i could see the painful images so d-mn vividly
but you dont care cus you got no d-mn sympathy
we can’t escape problems
we prayed for change and can’t even make a dollar
how is our life fair
when the father figure is out
and when theyre their
theres no jobs for the men in the house
im hated cus of my native race
feel like i dont belong in this place
feel like a waste of life, cus of the tint on my face
you blame it on everybody, except on your own race
please, take that paint off your face
take that headdress off
take them words out your mouth
and then youll see what youre doing is wrong
sorry you could never feel my life
tryna have faith, but were never alright
its hard to live when this country is run by whites
judging me by my culture and my dark skin
tryna get a job, but ain’t n0body call me back yet
now i gotta sell drugs to provide for my kids and
i know this is all part of your tactics
to keep us under
scream “all lives matter”
when natives are k!lled the most
you think you know everything but you dont
you wanna steal our race and everything that we know
copying our culture and try to make it your own
you dont know anything about my people
thats what bothers you
you dont know about our feasts, you just barbeque
you dont know about no coming of age ceremonies or our powwows
you dont how religious our headdresses are
you dont know
all you care about is money and power
ain’t nothing good thats in you
preconceived stereotypes slowly start to convince you
claim a whole race is evil, thats the racist within you
you feed your children this hate and then the cycle continues
you think its just a word yall can’t see the real issue
but if we had a team named the washington crackers
then, you would feel the problems and feel the issue
im not mentally stable, i cry a lot
you dont know what its like to be living your life
get stopped by the cops and wonder if youre about to die or not
i wish we could trade shoes or change lives
so you could understand me more, but that will take time
theres two sides to every story
and now you know mine

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