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vance gilbert - black rochelle lyrics

[verse 1]
i wish i had the tools back then
to see those fools for fools back then
and stand tall enough in my own black skin
when they rang the recess bell
see, i was part of that cartel of kids
that did that awful thing we did
locking hands in a circle and shoutin’
“hey look, it’s black roch+lle”

[verse 2]
it’s not like i didn’t have a choice
i’m as guilty as those other girls and boys
with satisfaction at those silver tears
as down your face they fell
didn’t matter what they screamed or yelled
for once it was at someone else
point a chubby light+skinned finger singin’
“hey, look at black roch+lle”

[chorus]
i never had the chance to say i’m sorry
you never had the chance to tell me
to go on straight to h+ll
if i could take it back in time
what a different story i could tell
oh, god bless the black of black roch+lle
[verse 3]
i’ve been punching bag and bully bait
familiar with how they operate
a fat+ass sissy they could hate
oh, i knew the blueprint well
but here my skin was lighter than
like my black ended where yours began
license to join that loathsome clan
to call you black roch+lle

[verse 4]
maybe you’re a lawyer
or a pentecostal minister
supermodel, homemaker
doctor or a judge
maybe you have children
sitting ’round your kitchen table
and each and every one you teach
to never hold a grudge
[verse 5]
maybe you’ve forgotten
like the pages of a calendar
comin’ fast and flippin’ past
each one lookin’ the same
maybe you’ll recall a boy
caught up in that broken crowd
for fifty years still
haunted by that name

- vance gilbert lyrics

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