lirik lagu heritage of arrogance – adeem the artist
[verse 1]
i grew up on thomas fight, it was lined with rebel flags
mom and dad tried to teach me wrong from right, but their compasses were bad
i saw the klan once with a child’s eyes down the street where i would play
and angry black people on the other side of the road with clenched fists raised
two sides of a coin, the klan and the apc
that’s the kind of bullsh*t our daddies said to you and me
[chorus]
but i’ve been listening
trying to keep myself from dismissing
perspectives that i struggle to relate with
and i’vе been learning our true history and i hate it
two sidеs of a coin implies there ain’t no better side
it says racism and justice are equally justified
and i know i didn’t ask to be born white
wasn’t taught the world was so godd*mn unjust, but it’s on us to make it right
[verse 2]
well, i got saved at the baptist church when i said the sinner’s prayer
went to service with mama and they’s only white people there
i saw rodney king on the tv screen turn slowly into trayvon
i heard my parents make excuses for the man who fired the gun
two sides of a coin, jesus christ and white supremacy
looking back, it don’t make any sense to me
[chorus]
but i’ve been listening
trying to keep myself from dismissing
perspectives that i struggle to relate with
and i’ve been learning our true history and i hate it
and two sides of a coin implies there ain’t no better side
says racism and justice are equally justified
i mean, i never worked the auction block or joined the christian knights
never called someone a racial epithet at a traffic light
and i know we never asked to be born white
we were not taught the world was so godd*mn unjust, but it’s on us to make it right
our inheritance is a heritage of arrogance and unchecked oppression
we can dismantle this if you can stand with us, siblings, our daddies never understood this lesson
and i swear that i don’t mean that as a slight
they were not taught the world was so godd*mn unjust, but it’s on us to make it right
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