White Man (Anger)
The Human Beings
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Baby, I'm the white man No I just don't give a damn Baby, I'm the white man I killed your people and took the land Baby, I'm the white man Good luck getting me to understand Baby, I'm the white man Why was I born with this curse If nothing else, let's not sugarcoat I'm the one that put you on that boat I'm the one that locked your chains I'm the one that gave you that name It's so simple, don't you see Run it through my ancestry Oh God, I've got to feed the need Anger, Foolishness, and Greed And if you think that memory is faded Then I doubt you're the one I'm denigrating For this denial and self-hatred Is everything I created Baby, I'm the white man And I just don't give a damn Baby, I'm the white man And it's all going according to plan Baby, I'm the white man But I can't wash this blood from my hands Baby, I'm the white man Why was I born with this curse You know I wrote that constitution The so-called American revolution All are equal in the eyes of God Just ask the slaves in my backyard Too bad you can't just wish it away A few generations cannot escape Being founded on murder, torture, and rape That's what made your country great See, privilege isn't just what you've got Or not getting popped When you're stopped by a cop The difference is, who advances the plot You have to do it, and I can simply not, because Baby, I'm the white man I don't sing the blues for what I lose Baby, I'm the white man That's just a song I stole that I call rock n' roll Baby, I'm the white man Circling your culture like a vulture Baby, I'm the white man Why was I born with this curse Ever since the beginning of time I've been keeping down the womankind Must be some inferiority That I need someone to belong to me Come here, girl, won't you be my object I'll dress you up for my pet project Keep you deprived so that you need me Smile and sex and clean and feed me So twisted in my sense of worth My very concept of life perverts When I can't love the ones that gave me birth What you think I'm gonna do to Mother Earth Baby, I'm the white man Watch you strip so you can earn my big tip Baby, I'm the white man You think that disrespect does not connect Baby, I'm the white man It's like when I kill the soil to drill for the oil Baby, I'm the white man Why was I born with this curse You can't circumvent cause and effect Columbus would've been better shipwrecked The land and the leaders and the people reflect The history so what did you really expect White Man's Burden and the Trail of Tears Round 'em up with the gays and queers Multiply that by five hundred years And you're left with the sound Ringing in your ears The sound of two atomic bombs The sound of napalm in Vietnam Of every usurped government gone wrong And the refugee asking you Where you're from, tell 'em Baby, I'm the white man Baby, I'm the white man I put the white in the Red, White, and Blue Baby, I'm the white man If you're not careful you might become one too Baby, I'm the white man So what's the oppressor's dog in this fight Like, I hear him, but this man is still white And you're right But this song is all I have left I'm hollowed out, spiritually bereft Look in my eyes, I'm trying to get back my soul Check my pulse, I want to make my heart full Observe my mind, I'm trying to regain control It's gonna take a long time To get back what I stole Quicksand, falling fast Look at where you're at If you want to know the past The last will be first and the first will be last But I can't remember now, who said that It's the only way to save the nation Revolutionize the education So every white kid from preschool to college Can grow up to truly acknowledge Baby, I'm the white man The whole foundation was built on sand Baby, I'm the white man A cracker is because he's bland Baby, I'm the white man Oh please, don't let this be who I am Baby, I'm the white man Why was I born with this curse
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