Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Things Deeper Than My Skin, artist - Tall Black Guy. Date of issue: 02.04.2020
Song language: English
Things Deeper Than My Skin |
| It’s like the more you know the more you sew |
| Feels heavy cause im back to life carried that weight in gold |
| Before I knew anything I was told, I’m black |
| So be prepared for what the future holds |
| In fact, my skin color conveys a different tone than that |
| Hispanic (?) depends on where I’m at |
| One thing that took permanence he ain’t caucasian |
| Or one of his parents was he favors his side and embraced 'em |
| Kind of embarrassing not knowing a part of your heritage |
| Something about Scottish and Polish and the brits to america |
| But I ain’t ever had a chance to sit and discuss |
| With moms pops cause even half black was too much |
| And when I finally got to meet em |
| Saw (?) in 'em |
| Hatred’ll eat you see he apologized (?) |
| But there’s pieces of me that went with him to the grave (?) |
| Go ahead and color me not into digging that up |
| See we’re defined by our percentages categorized by pigment |
| Associated by culture are you black or white enough? |
| Brown, Yellow, Red, up the snuff enough, circle one |
| Bet you DNA would rather trail you back to one, Africa |
| Man Woman in the garden cradle of humanity |
| Made in the image of God, first to see the sun |
| We still playin' like the kings’ll never come |
| Drawin' lines in the dirt forgettin' that’s where we from |
| There’s so much more than I |
| Then what you see in me |
| It’s deeper |
| It’s deeper |
| Deeper, it’s deep |
| My children have inquisitive questions about race relations |
| Like, «Where's the daddies of my brown friends?» |
| «I wanna be more like my white friends» |
| «They got everything, look and everything they fathers gave 'em» |
| Now I’m killin' (?) times I’m complicated |
| Scratch that, I’m killing ignorance don’t complicate it |
| When they express their interest in having that conversation |
| As responsibly as I can I have to educate them |
| We talk about love for all |
| We talk about oppression of some |
| We talk of redemption in one |
| We talk of privileges, s-systemic benefits |
| And the agendas in which they come from son |
| Being the persuasion of none shun |
| Propaganda pitted to paint people as a lump sum |
| Don’t jump guns |
| Cause young dumb unspun |
| Is all the wise so we know the times |
| Through these open eyes let the hope inside |
| Guide the orphan come understand |
| There’s so much more than I |
| Then what you see in me |
| It’s deeper |
| It’s deeper |
| Deeper, it’s deep |
| It’s deeper |
| Deeper, it’s deep |