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
Just two sides of a coin, the Klan and the APC
That's the kind of bullshit that our daddies said to you and me
But I been listening
Trying to keep myself from dismissing
Perspectives that I struggle to relate with
I been learning our true history and I hate it
Two sides 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 goddamn unjust
But it's on us to make it right
I got saved at the Baptist Church
When I said the sinners prayer
Came to service with momma
And they's only white people there
I saw Rodney King on the TV screen
Turn slowly into Trayon
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
But I been listening
Trying to keep myself from dismissing
Perspectives that I struggle to relate with
And I been learning our true history and I hate it
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 goddamn 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 goddamn unjust but it's on us to make it right
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