| It’s all fine and dandy when the show starts
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| Before then, avoided like a ghost fart
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| I get «what up"s and nods but for the most part
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| Nobody smiles at me cause I’m a black man
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| Until the show starts
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| Before then, avoided like a ghost fart
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| I get «what up"s and nods but for the most part
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| Nobody smiles at me cause I’m a black man
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| I know full well every white’s not a racist
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| But every black man’s not a sex-crazed rapist
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| I was good in the hood
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| In college I was ruined
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| While walking I assumed you acknowledge the other humans
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| Try to walk big with my chin bone lifted up
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| Overcompensating like I really don’t give a fuck
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| Today I saw a lady say hi to a stranger
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| Then avoid my eyes like I’m a white-person strangler
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| Walking past voters in a democratic blocks that hit
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| The windows and the automatic locks if not
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| Reparations give me free black therapy
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| And tell people you’re scared of them it makes them act scarily
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| I don’t want you, your purse or you pocket book
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| Them dumb yoga pants, boots or fur with the octopus
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| Trust, I’m not trying to polish your toes
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| Take your wallet and phone, or follow you home
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| It’s all fine and dandy when the show starts
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| Before then, avoided like a ghost fart
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| I get «what up"s and nods but for the most part
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| Nobody smiles at me cause I’m a black man
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| Until the show starts
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| Before then, avoided like a ghost fart
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| I get «what up"s and nods but for the most part
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| Nobody smiles at me cause I’m a black man
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| And to the guys in the flip-flop squad
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| Nobody needs your patronizing hip-hop nod
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| Just be a person
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| That’s the bottom line be a person
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| And fuck the rhyme scheme this time just be a person
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| And I can be a person too
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| And we can be people
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| Skip the validation and the need to feel equal
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| The dominating culture gets to choose from many
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| Modes of expression and reflection of the path that they done chose
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| And my perception is froze
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| Like a caveman lawyer advocating for myself
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| While trying to seem dumber than I is
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| Tired of thinking about this biz
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| I’m just trying to build a bridge for my goddamn kid
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| So the first time if ever his reputation slid
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| It could actually be for something that he did
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| It’s all fine and dandy when the show starts
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| Before then, avoided like a ghost fart
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| I get «what up"s and nods but for the most part
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| Nobody smiles at me cause I’m a black man
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| Until the show starts
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| Before then, avoided like a ghost fart
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| I get «what up"s and nods but for the most part
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| Nobody smiles at me cause I’m a black man
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| A hundred police wanna sing one song
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| But only one gets the key
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| When a hundred police wanna sing one song
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| Somebody’s gotta intervene
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| Now I’m not running for congress
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| I got no platform or a plan
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| But when a hundred police wanna sing one song
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| All the people stop giving a damn |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Smiling (Quirky Race Doc) , by - Open Mike Eagle. Song from the album Hella Personal Film Festival, in the genre Рэп и хип-хоп