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Shad
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Brother (Watching)
Lyricist:Gorney, Harburg
I try to hold some hope in my heart for these African youths Coming up where I'm from many traps to elude Surrounded by mostly white and affluent dudes And somehow, you expected to have
Mastered this smooth, swagger and move With the right walk, the right talk, fashion and crews Souls subtly attacked and abused And what's funny's being black wasn't cool
Where I'm from 'til suddenly You started hearing rap in the school Hallways admist this madness I grew With knack for amusing through this little skill
For rappin' at dudes an' we all like to laugh at the truth But when you young and same facts Pertain to who you rappin' 'em to Well, I opted not to bring that to the booth
But after a while, it sort of starts naggin' at you The crazed infatuation with blackness That trash that gets viewed and the fact that The tube only showed blacks actin' the fool and I was watching
Saturated with negative images and a limited range of Possibilities is strange
And it's sad 'cause that naturally do Sort of condition your mind and over time That's what's attractive to you Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com So young blacks don't see themselves in
Scholastic pursuits or the more practical routes It's makin' tracks or it's hoops or God-forbid movin' packs for the loot Even with this music we so limited, it's rap or produce And that narrow conception of what's black isn't true
Of course, still we feel forced to adapt to this view Like there's something that you're havin' to prove Now add that to the slew of justification the capitalists use For the new blaxploitation many actions excused
In the name of getting cash, that's adversely impactin' our youth With mental slavery, the shackles is loose And it's hard to cut chains when they attached at the roots So what the new black activists do
For our freedom is just being them Do what you're passionate to Not confined by a sense that you have to disprove Any stereotypes, so-called facts to refute
Or match any image of blackness They've established as true Perhaps we'll break through the glass ceilings Shatter the roof and emerge
From these boxes that they have us in cooped And grow to smash the bold that they casted of you I'll keep watching
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