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gyasi ross - white privilege iii lyrics

yankee doodle came to town, a-ridin’ on a pony
stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni

[intro: muhammad ali]
there are many white people who mean right and in their heart want to do right. so now, i’m just gonna forget the 400 years of lynching and k!lling and raping and depriving my people of freedom, justice, and equality, first fired, last hired, the lowest of the low, last respected, and i’m gonna look at two or three white people who are trying to do right and don’t see the other million trying to k!ll me?

[verse 1]
pulled into the parking lot, parked it
scared to go into the apartment
this is awkward
the water is brown i can’t take a drink
turn on the radio let the water drain in the sink
somebody talking about white privilege
about blood in the street
about police violence, no justice, no peace
should he just shut his mouth? yes indeed
if you really want to help p-ss the mic, please
give up your platform, let us speak
like marlon brando and sacheen
don’t speak for me or my community
white folks have spoken for us for centuries
study doesn’t bring knowledge
then some white dude says with all apologies
my fellow white folks, these people have humanity
these native people have humanity
these black people have humanity
these mexicans have humanity
these muslims have humanity
i’ve witnessed it myself
treat them better please
but it’s still the same old policy
speak for the brown folks and possibly
more people will listen ’cause they probably
like the white dude better, honestly
replicating white privilege and honestly
think they’re trying to help, but honestly
you’re not, homie
p-ss the mic
we don’t need a savior
we can speak for ourselves
p-ss the mic

[interlude: muhammad ali]
there are many white people who mean right and in their heart want to do right. but there are so few. if 10,000 rattlesnakes were coming down that aisle now, and i had a door here i could shut, and in that 10,000, 1,000 meant right, 1,000 rattlesnakes didn’t want to bite me, i knew they were good. should i let all these rattlesnakes come down, hoping that that 1,000 get together and form a shield? or should i just close the door and stay safe? i’m not that big of a fool, and i’m not gonna deny it

[verse 2]
that’s a dope song, dog, i bet you make a mint
i hope you donate the proceeds to the people of flint
buy ’em some water keep it out of print
keep it off tv don’t say where the money went
you’re talking white privilege, yet there’s not a hint
about indigenous people, america’s original sin
which continues to this day, i hope the money’s spent
going to native folks trying to make a dent
suicide’s in our community, break out your pen
murdered and missing native women, what about them?
forget writing a verse, start writing some checks
it’s open season on muslims, give them connects
to tell their own story, watch from a distance
no press, p-ss the microphone to a mexican family getting press
dying in [inis] detention if you said what you meant
meant what you said, let’s get it popping then, see
real allies realize they don’t always have to speak
don’t have to instagram whenever they go out on the street
at this protest right now “oh my god it’s so neat”
just shut up and listen, if you’re asked to leave just leave
white privilege is making a song out of someone else’s pain
making a million off of it, then doing it again
find a new cause next time, this is all personal gain
white people so happy, “oh god he’s going against the grain!”
“he’s so edgy, he’s so ready, you can practically hear his pain!”
but we’ve already heard that medley, just we have to hear it again
you get an award, our life’s exactly the same
now you’re an icon, and ain’t nothing changed

p-ss the microphone, homey

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