fading2PRPL (feat. Matthew Butera)
Shiki
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I'll tell you my story I'll say that I had a gambling problem You see I bet my happiness on the integrity of my neighbors And sometime after Philando's hashtag but before my own, I lost not just my smile But my love of music as well Every song America sang had a new lyric to the same old beat And after while I got tired of being angry at a broken record for being scratched I'll tell you my story I'll say that I knew how dismal my future looked But I also knew That there was more to being black than this That after the pain came a pride so grand that racism itself couldn't shame I knew that I was supposed to smile through the struggle Because my parents did it My grandparents did it My ancestors did it Because we are God's children created in His image I knew that I was supposed to embrace my ageless skin My endless curls My beautiful heritage And my powerful voice I knew that it should not have been a crime to be black You said it'd be fine You said that you would defend me Then took my life Now I ain't more than a memory I can't be a memory Promise you'll remember No I can't be a memory But I also knew where I lived I knew that having white friends wouldn't be enough for me I knew that being well known and respected throughout my community wouldn't be Enough for me I knew that my time as a young, African-American male Could only be borrowed for so long Before the system wanted its money back Just as I knew that the red pill you took today would fade into purple tomorrow And you'd remember me as nothing more Than a horror story black parents tell their children to ensure they're home before Curfew A chess piece politicians manipulate to win them their elections And a hashtag slam poets use to get their points across
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Written by: Christopher Collier, Malik Joseph, Nick Aluoch
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