This ain't another song about racism
New age blackface in text phrase got me reminiscing
Bout them old days, cold days
Everything off record
How to react when you're friends don't even get it
Feelin helpless, like a child
Do I confront the bully
Or do let it slide
Is it worth the fight?
I know, defending your honor ain't never not right
So I'll gather all the courage to speak what's on my mind yeah
Do I let it slide?
Speak what's on my mind yeah
I'll pick up the fight
I'll try, I'll try, I'll try
You just take what you need and leave
Ignore what's not preserved as cool or fly or chic
Black, isn't a choice
An option for you to step in, step out
Get in, get out
Take off my crown yeah
Am I a fraud cause I protect my thoughts
Am I responsible for mess you cause
You, expect me to speak while I silently grieve
To the sound of a siren coming down the street
Do I let it slide?
Speak what's on my mind
I'll pick up the fight
I'll try, I'll try, I'll try
This ain't another
In my mind, I see a line
And over that line, I see green fields
And lovely Flowers
And beautiful white women
With their arms stretched out to me over that line
But I can't seem to get there no how
I can't seem to get over that line
I'll try, I'll try, I'll try
I'll try, I'll try, I'll try
I'll try, I'll try, I'll try
I'll try, I'll try, I'll try
This ain't another